adj
Meaning 1
deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bemused
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/bɪˈmjuːzd/
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adj
Meaning 2
perplexed and bewildered
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of bemuse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
deeply absorbed in thought
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
- lost in thought
- a preoccupied frown
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupied
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: perplexe — thoughtful; preoccupied
- German: nachdenklich gestimmt — thoughtful; preoccupied
- German: verwundert — thoughtful; preoccupied
- Korean: 생각에 잠긴 (saenggage jamgin) — thoughtful; preoccupied
- Korean: 정신이 팔린 (jeongsini pallin) — thoughtful; preoccupied
- Dutch: verward — perplexed and bewildered
- Dutch: in de war gebracht — perplexed and bewildered
- Dutch: verbijsterd — perplexed and bewildered
- French: perplexe — perplexed and bewildered
- French: stupéfait — perplexed and bewildered
- German: verwirrt — perplexed and bewildered
- German: verblüfft — perplexed and bewildered
- German: irritiert — perplexed and bewildered
- Korean: 어리벙벙한 (eoribeongbeonghan) — perplexed and bewildered
- Korean: 어리둥절한 (eoridungjeolhan) — perplexed and bewildered
- Korean: 넋을 잃은 (neokseul ireun) — perplexed and bewildered
- Māori: pōrauraha — perplexed and bewildered