verb
wilder
WIHL-duh
verb
1
To confuse or perplex someone, as if lost in wild, unfamiliar territory.
"The maze of corridors wildered every new visitor to the building."
How to Use Wilder
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old verb meaning to confuse or bewilder — now rare, surviving mainly inside the more common word "bewilder."
When to use it
Archaic and rarely used on its own today; "bewilder" is the everyday version.
Easily confused with
bewilder
Word Forms
wildered past tense, Wilders plural, wilders singular
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Etymology
From "wild," likely shaped by the word "wilderness" and influenced by "wander."