Bemused
/bɪˈmjuːzd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of bemuse form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 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?"
Adjective
- 1 perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment wordnet
- 2 deeply absorbed in thought wordnet
Example
More examples"But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands."