bewilderment
nounUK /bɪˈwɪldəmənt/ · US /bɪˈwɪldəɹmənt/
Etymology From bewilder + -ment.
1
The state of being bewildered.
- She looked around in bewilderment.
2
A confusing or perplexing situation.
- Her flutter--pale disconcerted ghost as she actually was, a broken white flower tied round, almost grotesquely for his present sense, with a huge satin "bow" of the Boulevard--her flutter had been mainly that of ribbons, frills and fine fabrics; all funny, pathetic evidence, for memory, of the bewilderments overtaking them as a bridal pair confronted with opportunity.1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl, page 99: