Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bewilder

2 senses of bewilder

Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")
       => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -- (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher")

Sense 2
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw -- (cause to be confused emotionally)
       => upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit -- (cause to lose one's composure)