'bewildered' is a correct and usable word in written English. It is used to describe a feeling of confusion or being unable to understand something. For example: After reading the unfamiliar instructions, I felt bewildered and wasn't sure what to do.
None of his three allies reacted, although a bewildered Mr Dos Santos - whose forces are fighting with tanks, artillery and aircraft for Mr Kabila - said he thought the discussion was about a ceasefire.
Weaken any of them and you risk driving bewildered voters into the clutches of tub-thumping nationalists of one colour or another for solace and solidarity: Ukip, SNP or "English-nationalist light" Tories.
His death has left members of his extended family devastated and bewildered.
Charlotte Davis, of the comparison site Simplify Digital, said a lot of customers were bewildered.
"We needed a character who, like the audience, arrives bewildered at a Gay Pride march.
For within a handful of years, Stravinsky was pursuing an ironic, detached and elegant neoclassical aesthetic, which initially bewildered his fans as much as his detractors.
If Serena Williams can bagel a fitter, younger opponent in the third set of a semi-final at a slam while appearing to be operating on half a lung and anaesthetised legs – as she did to beat the bewildered Timea Bacsinszky on Thursday – her opponent in Saturday's final, Lucie Safarova, has no chance.
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