Yasunori leaned into the armrest and looked in bemusement at the breakfast laid before him.
Source: tatoeba (328005)
Bemusement
//bəˈmjuːzmənt//
Synonyms for "bemusement" (33 found)
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10 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- объркване noun (state of being bemused)
- слисване noun (state of being bemused)
- смайване noun (state of being bemused)
Dutch
1 entries- bezorgdheid noun (state of being bemused)
French
1 entries- préoccupation noun (state of being bemused)
German
4 entries- Irritierung noun (state of being bemused)
- Nachdenklichkeit noun (state of being bemused)
- Verblüffung noun (state of being bemused)
- Verwirrung noun (state of being bemused)
Sample sentences
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Wrex touches his grandfather's armor, his expression… thoughtful, perhaps? Krogan are hard to read. Then he shakes off his bemusement and grips his gun with renewed purpose.
Source: wiktionary
The response to this latest scandal has taken a familiar turn, dividing along gender lines. While senior women have condemned it, many of the Financial Times’ (male) readers have expressed unhappy bemusement at finding this article on the front page.
Source: wiktionary
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