Bewildering vs Dubious - What's the difference?
bewildering | dubious |
Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.
bewilderment
* (Herman Melville), Pierre
Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
* 2011 , Nigel Jones, "A Tale of Two Scandals", History Today , February 2011, Vol. 61 Issue 2, pages 10–17
In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
* 2010 , John M. Broder, "Global Climate-Change Talks Begin in Cancun With More Modest Expectations", New York Times , November 30, Section A, Column 0, Foreign Desk, page 12
As adjectives the difference between bewildering and dubious
is that bewildering is very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available while dubious is arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.As a verb bewildering
is .As a noun bewildering
is bewilderment.bewildering
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Then the bewilderings of the comings and the goings of the coffins at the large and populous house; these bewilderings came over me. What was it to be dead? What is it to be living?
dubious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- After he made some dubious claims about the company, fewer people trusted him.
- Evasive, womanising, boastful, malicious, untrustworthy, an inveterate gambler who combined his mediocre military career with running a high-class brothel, permanently cash strapped and viciously quarrelsome, his character is as dubious as his unsavoury appearance.
- She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate.
- Last year, President Obama had large majorities in Congress and hopes of passing a comprehensive climate and energy bill. Next year, he faces a new Congress much more dubious about the reality of climate change and considerably more hostile to international efforts to deal with it.