But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
Source: tatoeba (6605905)
Bemused
//bɪˈmjuːzd//
Synonyms for "bemused" (100 found)
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2 entriesform of
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3 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 5 languages.
Dutch
3 entries- in de war gebracht adj (perplexed and bewildered)
- verbijsterd adj (perplexed and bewildered)
- verward adj (perplexed and bewildered)
French
3 entries- perplexe adj (thoughtful; preoccupied)
- perplexe adj (perplexed and bewildered)
- stupéfait adj (perplexed and bewildered)
German
4 entries- irritiert adj (perplexed and bewildered)
- nachdenklich gestimmt adj (thoughtful; preoccupied)
- verblüfft adj (perplexed and bewildered)
- verwirrt adj (perplexed and bewildered)
Korean
4 entries- 넋을 잃은 adj (perplexed and bewildered)
- 생각에 잠긴 adj (thoughtful; preoccupied)
- 어리둥절한 adj (perplexed and bewildered)
- 어리벙벙한 adj (perplexed and bewildered)
Māori
1 entries- pōrauraha adj (perplexed and bewildered)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Now astronomers are bemused to find young stars that are spiraling into the center of a massive cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Source: tatoeba (12015038)
His answer bemused us all.
Source: tatoeba (13077506)
That left Bradly as bemused as ever, for it posed another incomprehensibility: Why had Podson walked here?
Source: wiktionary
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