bemused

be·muse (b

-my

)

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 (-my

d-l

) adv.

be·musement n.

bemused [bɪˈmjuːzd]

adj

preoccupied; lost in thought

bemusedly [bɪˈmjuːzɪdlɪ] adv

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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" deep in thought, preoccupied, lost thoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"
	2.	bemused - 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" bewildered, confounded, confused, at sea, baffled, mazed, mixed-up, befuddled, lost perplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

bemused

adjective puzzled, stunned, confused, stumped, baffled, at sea, bewildered, muddled, preoccupied, dazed, perplexed, mystified, engrossed, clueless, stupefied, nonplussed, absent-minded, flummoxed, half-drunk, fuddled He was looking at the boys with a bemused expression.

Translations

bemused [bɪˈmjuːzd] ADJ → aturdido, confuso

bemused [bɪˈmjuːzd] adj [expression] → perplexe, médusé(e)

bemused

adj → ratlos; to be bemused by something → einer Sache (dat) → ratlos gegenüberstehen

bemused [bɪˈmjuːzd] adj → perplesso/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 hämmentynyt stupéfait מְבוּלבָּל हक्का-बक्का zbunjen ködös keheranan, kagum, kaget ringlaður, undrandi stupefatto 困惑した 멍한 apstulbęs apmulsis; apstulbis kebingungan verbijsterd forvirret, åndsfraværende ogłupiony perplexo stupefiat ошеломлённый zmätený osupel zbunjen förvirrad ซึ่งสับสน afallamış, sersemlemiş, aklı karışmış 困惑的, 茫然的 приголомшений; спантеличений اچنبھے میں ، ششدر làm sửng sốt 发呆的

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absent-minded abstracted at sea baffled be- befuddle befuddled bemuse bewilder bewildered confounded confused dazed deep in thought discombobulate discomfit discompose disconcert distant	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. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context 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. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context Even in his bemused intelligence, wonder began to awake. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context	Bemaul Bemaze Bemba Bembo bemean bemedaled Bemeet Bemelmans Bemete Bemidji Bemingle bemire Bemisia Bemisia tabaci Bemist bemoan Bemoaner Bemock Bemoil Bemol Bemonster Bemourn Bemuddle Bemuffle bemuse bemused bemusedly bemusement ben Ben Bella Ben Day Ben Day process Ben Gurion Ben Hecht Ben Hogan Ben Jonson Ben Lomond Ben Nevis Ben Shahn Ben Sira ben trovato Ben-Gurion Ben-Zvi Benacerraf Benadryl bename Benares Benavente y Martínez Benbow Bence-Jones protein Bench	Bemol bémol BEMON Bemonster BEMOS Bemourn BEMP bempa BEMPC BEMPEX Bemporad Baranowski Marketing Group BEMR BEMRC BEMRP BEMRRC BEMS BEMS BEMT BEMU Bemuddle Bemuddle bemuddled Bemuffle Bemus Point Public Library Bemus Point United Methodist Church bemuse bemuse bemused bemusedly bemusedly bemusement bemusement bemusements bemusements bemuses bemuses bemusing bemusing Bemusu Bemusu BEMW ben ben ben ben Ben & Jerry's Ben 10 Alien Force Ben Affleck Ben Ali's Accession to Power Ben Ali, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Zine el-Abidine Ben and Jerry's Ben Asher, Jacob Ben Barka, Mehdi Ben Barka, Mehdi Ben Baruch Seligman Ben Bella Ben Bella

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absent-minded
abstracted
at sea
baffled
be-
befuddle
befuddled
bemuse
bewilder
bewildered
confounded
confused
dazed
deep in thought
discombobulate
discomfit
discompose
disconcert
distant

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.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

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.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

Even in his bemused intelligence, wonder began to awake.

Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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