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BEMUSED
baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
(adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; “obviously bemused by his questions”; “bewildered and confused”; “a cloudy and confounded philosopher”; “just a mixed-up kid”; “she felt lost on the first day of school”
bemused, lost, preoccupied
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
bemused
simple past tense and past participle of bemuse
Adjective
bemused (comparative more bemused, superlative most bemused)
deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
perplexed and bewildered
Source: Wiktionary
BEMUSE
Be*muse", v. t.
Definition: To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor. A parson much bemused in beer. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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