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adjective
- 1. puzzled, confused, or bewildered: "Lucy looked a little bemused"
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slightly confused; not knowing what to do or how to understand something: He was looking from one face to the other with an air of bemused disbelief. (Definition of bemused from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of bemused?
1. : marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed. … he was fumbling with the sheets, and looking down at them with a slightly bemused expression as though the stuff before him was in a foreign language … Robert Penn Warren. 2. : lost in thought or reverie.
Bemused definition: bewildered or confused. See examples of BEMUSED used in a sentence.
Meaning of bemuse in English. bemuse. verb [ T ] uk / bɪˈmjuːz / us / bɪˈmjuːz / Add to word list. to slightly confuse someone: Her answer bemused us all. Synonyms. bewilder. discombobulate informal mainly humorous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Puzzle and confuse. addle. baffle. bedazzle. befuddle. bewilder. cloud. discombobulate.
If you are bemused, you are puzzled or confused. He was rather bemused by children. Mr. Sebastian was looking at the boys with a bemused expression. Synonyms: puzzled, stunned, confused, stumped More Synonyms of bemused.
If you're bemused, you're muddled or preoccupied. It happens when you're lost in thought, dazed, or overwhelmed (say, on the first day of high school).
Definition of bemused adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse. 2. To occupy the attention of; absorb or engross: The book bemused him for days. 3. Usage Problem To cause to be mildly or wryly amused: "Unlike William McKinley, whose priggishness bemused him, Roosevelt had no compunctions about smoking cigars in public" (Joseph Conlin). be·mus′ed·ly (-myo͞o′zĭd-lē) adv.
bemuse /bɪˈmjuːz/ vb. ( transitive) to confuse; bewilder. 'bemused' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): moonstruck - unbemused. Forum discussions with the word (s) "bemused" in the title: a bemused caution. bemused.
• She told him to leave, but he just sat there with a bemused expression on his face. • Diana's gesture did not surprise her, merely bemused her. • He was a gentle, courteous, convivial, slightly bemused romantic, born out of his time. • Silently, and still bemused, she held out the receiver.
