different between bewildered vs amazed

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??w?ld?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??w?ld?d/
• Hyphenation: be?wil?dered

Adjective

bewildered (comparative more bewildered, superlative most bewildered)

1. Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.

   He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.

Derived terms

• bewilderedly

Translations

Verb

bewildered

1. simple past tense and past participle of bewilder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??me?zd/

Adjective

amazed (comparative more amazed, superlative most amazed)

1. Astonished or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised (often with ensuing adpositions e.g. at, with, or by).
   • 1590s, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream: III, ii

     I am amazed at your passionate words

   • 1610s, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline: IV, iii

     I am amazed with matter

   • 1917, Frederic Harrison, The Mill on the Floss. Vol. IX. Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction

     we are amazed by forked flashes of wisdom

   • And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:astonished

Translations

Verb

amazed

1. simple past tense and past participle of amaze

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “amazed”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language