v. t.
Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Greatly perplexed;
n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Causing bewilderment or great perplexity;
n.
He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]