he was bewildered

[flowersa]

Is the meaning for "bewildered", is like in this sentence?

The cause of the accident has puzzled investigators

"Gibbs was in charge of Obama’s schedule and well aware that he’d screwed up. So he was bewildered when Obama came to him in November and indicated he might like to speak at the Florida Democratic Party convention on December 10"

[Barb_D]

Extremely puzzled, yes. Something has happened and you have no explanation as to why.

[flowersa]

Hi Barb, some diconary shows that is "confused" is puzzled want to say confuse?

Extremely puzzled, yes. Something has happened and you have no explanation as to why.

[Barb_D]

Confused and puzzled can be synonyms in some cases, but not others.

Confused usually invovles two (or more) ideas that you are mixing up, or can't chose between, or one idea is causing you to misunderstand the other.

[flowersa]

Hi Barb, I understand why it's puzzled now because we don't have here two things to confuse between, something like this ... thanks