different between bewildering vs involved

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??w?ld????/, IPA^(key): /b??w?ld???/
• Hyphenation: be?wil?der?ing
• Rhymes: -??k??

Etymology 1

From bewilder +? -ing.

Verb

bewildering

1. present participle of bewilder

Adjective

bewildering (comparative more bewildering, superlative most bewildering)

1. Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.

   There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room.

Translations

Etymology 2

From bewilder +? -ing.

Noun

bewildering (plural bewilderings)

1. Bewilderment.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lvd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lvd/
• Hyphenation: in?volved

Adjective

involved (comparative more involved, superlative most involved)

1. complicated.

   He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.

   • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, ch. 43

     Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.

2. Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)

   He was involved in the project for three years.

   He got involved in a bar fight.

   When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.

3. Having an affair with someone.

Derived terms

• involvedly
• involvedness

Translations

Verb

involved

1. simple past tense and past participle of involve

   The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.