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bemused

 
Adjective bemused has 2 senses
  1. bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied - 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"
    Antonym: thoughtless (indirect, via thoughtful)
  2. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea - 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"
    Antonym: unperplexed (indirect, via perplexed)
Verb bemuse has 1 sense
  1. bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw - cause to be confused emotionally
    --1 is one way to upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
    Derived form: noun bemusement1
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will bemuse him
    The good news will bemuse her
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