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be·mused    Audio Help   [bi-myoozd] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.bewildered or confused.
2.lost in thought; preoccupied.

[Origin: 1695–1705; bemuse + -ed2]

be·mus·ed·ly    Audio Help   [bi-myoo-zid-lee] Pronunciation Key, adverb
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be·muse    Audio Help   [bi-myooz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -mused, -mus·ing.
to bewilder or confuse (someone).

[Origin: 1695–1705; be- + muse]

be·muse·ment, noun
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be·muse    Audio Help   (bĭ-myōōz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es
  1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse. See Synonyms at daze.
  2. To cause to be engrossed in thought.

be·mus'ed·ly (-myōō'zĭd-lē) adv., be·muse'ment n.
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bemused

adjective
1. 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" 
2. 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" 

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bemused [biˈmjuːzd] adjective
bewildered or greatly puzzled
Example: a bemused look
Arabic: يُرْبِك، يُذْهِل
Chinese (Simplified): 发呆的
Chinese (Traditional): 困惑的, 發呆的
Czech: zmatený
Danish: forvirret
Dutch: verbijsterd
Estonian: juhmistunud
Finnish: hämillinen
French: stupéfait
German: verwirrt
Greek: σαστισμένος, μπερδεμένος
Hungarian: ködös
Icelandic: ringlaður, undrandi
Indonesian: keheranan, kagum, kaget
Italian: stupefatto
Japanese: 困惑した
Korean: 넋을 잃은
Latvian: apmulsis; apstulbis
Lithuanian: apstulbęs
Norwegian: forvirret, åndsfraværende
Polish: ogłupiony
Portuguese (Brazil): perplexo
Portuguese (Portugal): perplexo
Romanian: stupefiat
Russian: ошеломлённый
Slovak: zmätený
Slovenian: osupel
Spanish: perplejo, estupefacto
Swedish: förvirrad
Turkish: afallamış, sersemlemiş, aklı karışmış
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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