adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

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

Adjective

1. 1
   deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
2. 2
   perplexed and bewildered

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

Adjective

1. 1
   perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment wordnet
2. 2
   deeply absorbed in thought wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

absentabsent-mindedabsentmindedabsorbedabstractedaddled

Example

More examples

"But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands."

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