Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of bemuse
adjectivebemused (comparative more bemused, superlative most bemused)
comparative more bemused · superlative most bemused
- perplexed and bewildered
That left Bradly as bemused as ever, for it posed another incomprehensibility: Why had Podson walked here?
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedeeply absorbed in thought
Similar
adjectiveperplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch verward, in de war gebracht
- verwardperplexed and bewildered
- in de war gebrachtperplexed and bewildered
- verbijsterdperplexed and bewildered
French perplexe, perplexe
- perplexethoughtful; preoccupied
- perplexeperplexed and bewildered
- stupéfaitperplexed and bewildered
German nachdenklich gestimmt, verwundert
- nachdenklich gestimmtthoughtful; preoccupied
- verwundertthoughtful; preoccupied
- verwirrtperplexed and bewildered
- verblüfftperplexed and bewildered
- irritiertperplexed and bewildered
Korean 생각에 잠긴, 정신이 팔린
- 생각에 잠긴 (saenggage jamgin)thoughtful; preoccupied
- 정신이 팔린 (jeongsini pallin)thoughtful; preoccupied
- 어리벙벙한 (eoribeongbeonghan)perplexed and bewildered
- 어리둥절한 (eoridungjeolhan)perplexed and bewildered
- 넋을 잃은 (neokseul ireun)perplexed and bewildered
Māori pōrauraha
- pōraurahaperplexed and bewildered
Cite this entry
APA
bemused. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemused
MLA
“bemused.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemused. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bemused,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemused.
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