bemused

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈmjuːzd/

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Verb

bemused

1. simple past and past participle of bemuse

Adjective

bemused (comparative more bemused, superlative most bemused)

1. deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
2. perplexed and bewildered
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:

     That left Bradly as bemused as ever, for it posed another incomprehensibility: Why had Podson walked here?

Derived terms

• bemusedly
• unbemused

Related terms

• bemusement
• muse
• musings

Translations

thoughtful; preoccupied

• French: perplexe (fr)
• German: nachdenklich gestimmt, verwundert (de)
• Korean: 생각에 잠긴 (saenggage jamgin), 정신이 팔린 (jeongsini pallin)

perplexed and bewildered

• Dutch: verward (nl), in de war gebracht, verbijsterd (nl)
• French: perplexe (fr), stupéfait (fr)
• German: verwirrt (de), verblüfft (de), irritiert (de)
• Korean: 어리벙벙한 (eoribeongbeonghan), 어리둥절한 (eoridungjeolhan), 넋을 잃은 (neokseul ireun)
• Māori: pōrauraha