All 6 Uses
bewilder
in
The Outsiders
(Edited)
- Glory, I thought with a bewildering feeling of being rushed, things are happening too quick.
p. 65.1bewildering = confusing
- "Sodapop?" I said, bewildered.
p. 81.2bewildered = confused
- But he stared at the dashboard with such hurt bewilderment that I could have bawled.
p. 88.3bewilderment = confusion
- His eyes were closed, but when the door shut behind me he opened them, and I suddenly wondered if my own eyes looked as feverish and bewildered as his.
p. 151.8bewildered = confused
- I blinked at Soda bewilderedly.
p. 155.5bewilderedly = in confusion
- "Listen to me, Pony. You didn't do anything. It was your friend Johnny that had the knife..."
I was bewildered.p. 165.7 *bewildered = confusededitor's notes: Ponyboy is in shock after Johnny kills Bob defending him—he can barely comprehend the violence or that Johnny, not he, used the knife.
Definitions:
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(1)
(bewilder) to confuse someone
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)