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Bewildered vs Horrified - What's the difference?

bewildered | horrified |

As adjectives the difference between bewildered and horrified

is that bewildered is baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, or uncertain while horrified is struck with horror.

As verbs the difference between bewildered and horrified

is that bewildered is (bewilder) while horrified is (horrify).

bewildered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, or uncertain.
    • He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.

    Derived terms

    * bewilderedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bewilder)

    • horrified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Struck with horror.
  • * 2003 , John E. Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic , page 358
    • No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horrify)