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bemused

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be·muse  (b-myz)
tr.v. be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es
1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse. See Synonyms at daze.
2. To cause to be engrossed in thought.

be·mused·ly (-myzd-l) adv.
be·musement n.

bemused
Adjective
puzzled or confused
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bemused - deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
thoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"
2.bemusedbemused - perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
perplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

bemused
Translations
bemused [bɪˈmjuːzd] adjperplejo

bemused [bɪˈmjuːzd] adjmédusé(e)

bemused [bɪˈmjuːzd] adjverwirrt

bemused [bɪˈmjuːzd] adjperplesso/a, stupito/a

bemused
adj bemused [biˈmjuːzd]
bewildered or greatly puzzled a bemused look. verwarde, verbysterde يُرْبِك، يُذْهِل объркан zmatený forvirret verwirrt σαστισμένος, μπερδεμένος perplejo, estupefacto juhmistunud گیج؛ سردرگم hämillinen stupéfait מְבוּלבָּל हक्का-बक्का zbunjen ködös keheranan, kagum, kaget ringlaður, undrandi stupefatto 困惑した 넋을 잃은 apstulbęs apmulsis; apstulbis kebingungan verbijsterd forvirret, åndsfraværende ogłupiony perplexo stupefiat ошеломлённый zmätený osupel zbunjen förvirrad ซึ่งสับสน afallamış, sersemlemiş, aklı karışmış 困惑的, 發呆的 приголомшений; спантеличений اچنبھے میں ، ششدر làm sửng sốt


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And so the sailors fled into the stern and crowded bemused about the right-minded helmsman, until suddenly the lion sprang upon the master and seized him; and when the sailors saw it they leapt out overboard one and all into the bright sea, escaping from a miserable fate, and were changed into dolphins.
One will pass all the hours of the night seated at the foot of some oak or rock, and there, without having closed his weeping eyes, the sun finds him in the morning bemused and bereft of sense; and another without relief or respite to his sighs, stretched on the burning sand in the full heat of the sultry summer noontide, makes his appeal to the compassionate heavens, and over one and the other, over these and all, the beautiful Marcela triumphs free and careless.
Even in his bemused intelligence, wonder began to awake.
 
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