bewilderment
(bɪˈwɪldəmənt)
[f. bewilder + -ment.]
The state or condition of bewildering or being bewildered: a. Confusion arising from losing one's way; mental confusion from inability to grasp or see one's way through a maze or tangle of impressions or ideas.
| 1820 Irving Sketch Bk. I. 85 In the midst of his bewilderment. 1861 Geo. Eliot Silas M. 13 Thought was arrested by utter bewilderment. |
b. A tangled or labyrinthine condition of objects, an inextricable confusion or medley.
| 1844 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 109 The entangled bewilderment of oak and pine, birch and hazel. 1884 Black Jud. Shaks. xxxi, What a bewilderment of light and color met her eyes! |