当とう惑わく

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当惑する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	当とう惑わくする	当とう惑わくしない
Polite	当とう惑わくします	当とう惑わくしません
Past polite	当とう惑わくしました	当とう惑わくしませんでした
Past	当とう惑わくした	当とう惑わくしなかった
Te-form	当とう惑わくして	当とう惑わくしないで
Desire	当とう惑わくしたい	当とう惑わくしたくない
Potential	当とう惑わくできる	当とう惑わくできない
Passive	当とう惑わくされる	当とう惑わくされない
Causative	当とう惑わくさせる	当とう惑わくさせない
Causative passive	当とう惑わくさせられる	当とう惑わくさせられない
Volitional	当とう惑わくしよう
Polite volitional	当とう惑わくしましょう
Imperative	当とう惑わくしろ	当とう惑わくするな
Conditional	当とう惑わくすれば	当とう惑わくしなければ
Tara conditional	当とう惑わくしたら	当とう惑わくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

Describes a state of being mentally stuck, unsure how to react, often with a mix of confusion and embarrassment. Commonly used as a suru-verb (当惑する).

突とつ然ぜんの質しつ問もんに当とう惑わくした。
I was bewildered by the sudden question.
彼かれの当とう惑わくした表ひょう情じょうが印いん象しょう的てきだった。
His perplexed expression was striking.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は〈事こと〉に当とう惑わくするsomeone is bewildered/embarrassed by something
彼かれは突とつ然ぜんの質しつ問もんに当とう惑わくした。
He was flustered by the sudden question.
当とう惑わくの表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべるto show a look of bewilderment
彼かの女じょは当とう惑わくの表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべた。
She had a bewildered look on her face.
当とう惑わくを隠かくせないto be unable to hide one's bewilderment/embarrassment
彼かれはその知しらせに当とう惑わくを隠かくせなかった。
He couldn't hide his bewilderment at the news.

Kanji

当hit, right, appropriate
惑beguile, delusion, perplexity

Related words· 6

困こん惑わくN1
困惑 is a near-synonym for bewilderment, while 当惑 leans more toward the embarrassed, not-knowing-how-to-react feeling in social situations.
戸と惑まどうN2
戸惑う is the everyday verb for feeling puzzled or at a loss, whereas 当惑 is a more formal noun describing a similar but often more socially awkward state.
狼ろう狽ばい
狼狽 describes a flustered panic that shows visibly in one's behavior, while 当惑 is more about an internal state of confusion and embarrassment.
混こん乱らんN3
混乱 refers to a chaotic state of things or thoughts in general, while 当惑 is specifically a personal feeling of being at a loss.

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戸と惑まどい
当惑 is a slightly literary synonym for being at a loss, close in meaning to 戸惑い but used less in casual speech.
まごつくN1
当惑する is a more formal, written word for perplexity, while まごつく is casual and often used in spoken descriptions of everyday flustered moments.

Word family

当とう惑わく気ぎ味み
somewhat puzzled; a bit baffled

Etymology

Compound of 当 (hit, be exposed to) and 惑 (be perplexed, led astray). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination conveys being struck by confusion.