bemused
1bemused — (adj.) 1735, pp. adjective from BEMUSE (Cf. bemuse) (v.). Related: Bemusedly …
2bemused — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ADVERB ▪ a little, slightly, etc …
3bemused — be|mused [bıˈmju:zd] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: MUSE1] looking as if you are confused = ↑bewildered ▪ a bemused expression bemused by ▪ He looked slightly bemused by all the questions. >bemusedly [bıˈmju:zıdli] adv >bemusement n …
4bemused — [[t]bɪmju͟ːzd[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you are bemused, you are puzzled or confused. He was rather bemused by children... Mr. Sebastian was looking at the boys with a bemused expression. Syn: bewildered Derived words: bemusedly ADV GRADED ADV after v… …
5bemused — be|mused [ bı mjuzd ] adjective confused: BEWILDERED: My father looked slightly bemused. They exchanged bemused glances. ╾ be|mus|ed|ly [ bı mjuzədli ] adverb …
6bemused — UK [bɪˈmjuːzd] / US [bɪˈmjuzd] adjective confused My father looked slightly bemused. They exchanged bemused glances. Derived words: bemusedly UK [bɪˈmjuːzɪdlɪ] / US [bɪˈmjuzədlɪ] adverb bemusement UK [bɪˈmjuːzmənt] / US [bɪˈmjuzmənt] noun… …
7bemused — adjective 1. 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 • Syn: ↑deep in thought, ↑lost, ↑preoccupied • …
8bemused — adjective looking as if you are confused: a bemused expression on his face …
9bemused — adjective bemused expressions on their faces Syn: bewildered, confused, puzzled, perplexed, baffled, mystified, nonplussed, muddled, befuddled, dumbfounded, at sea, at a loss, taken aback, disoriented, disconcerted; informal flummoxed, bamboozled …
10bemused — bemuse ► VERB ▪ confuse or bewilder. DERIVATIVES bemused adjective bemusement noun …
