All 4 Uses
bewilder
in
The Hobbit
(Edited)
- Bilbo rushed along the passage, very angry, and altogether bewildered and bewuthered—this was the most awkward Wednesday he ever remembered.
p. 11.2 *bewildered = confused or disoriented
- He was through, with a torn coat and waistcoat, leaping down the steps like a goat, while bewildered goblins were still picking up his nice brass buttons on the doorstep.
p. 84.7bewildered = confused
- And already, so strong was the bewilderment of the treasure upon him, he was pondering whether by the help of Dain he might not recapture the Arkenstone and withhold the share of the reward.
p. 252.6bewilderment = disorientation
- They it was who dislodged the goblins from the mountain-slopes, casting them over precipices, or driving them down shrieking and bewildered among their foes.
p. 263.9bewildered = confused
Definitions:
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(1)
(bewilder) to confuse someone
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)