bewildering

adjective

1. extremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events.

verb (used with object)

1. to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex: These shifting attitudes bewilder me.

adjective

1. causing utter confusion; puzzling

verb (tr)

1. to confuse utterly; puzzle
2. archaic to cause to become lost

v.

1680s, from be- “thoroughly” + archaic wilder “lead astray, lure into the wilds,” probably a back-formation of wilderness. An earlier word with the same sense was bewhape (early 14c.). Related: Bewildered; bewildering; bewilderingly.