bewilder

Definition

To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.

Etymology

From be- (prefix used as an intensifier) + wilder (“to lead astray; to go astray, wander”).

Example Sentences

• "All the different possible options may bewilder us."
• "Don’t push me into that maze and bewilder me."
• "Thou, Kind Redeemer, toucht to ſee / So ſad a Sight, ſuch moving Miſery, / Didſt ſoon determine to diſpel / Theſe Shades of Death, and Gloom of Hell: / And ſo to reviſit with Thy Heav'nly Light / Loſt Man, bewilder'd in Infernal Night."