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bemused en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈmjuːzd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
  2. perplexed and bewildered
    • That left Bradly as bemused as ever, for it posed another incomprehensibility: Why had Podson walked here? 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most bemused Degree=Sup lexicographic
more bemused Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unbemused · bemusedly

Relateds

bemusement · muse · musings

Translations (17)

de verwirrt (perplexed and bewildered) · fr stupéfait (perplexed and bewildered) · nl in de war gebracht (perplexed and bewildered) · ko 어리벙벙한 (perplexed and bewildered) · mi pōrauraha (perplexed and bewildered) · ko 생각에 잠긴 (thoughtful; preoccupied) · de irritiert (perplexed and bewildered) · ko 정신이 팔린 (thoughtful; preoccupied) · ko 넋을 잃은 (perplexed and bewildered) · de verwundert (thoughtful; preoccupied) · fr perplexe (perplexed and bewildered) · ko 어리둥절한 (perplexed and bewildered) · fr perplexe (thoughtful; preoccupied) · de verblüfft (perplexed and bewildered) · nl verbijsterd (perplexed and bewildered) · nl verward (perplexed and bewildered) · de nachdenklich gestimmt (thoughtful; preoccupied)

bemused en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈmjuːzd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of bemuse
    form of bemuse