Crossword clues for bemused
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1735, past participle adjective from bemuse (v.). Related: Bemusedly.
Wiktionary
1 deeply thoughtful; preoccupied 2 perplexed and bewildered v
(en-past of: bemuse)
WordNet
adj. 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" [syn: deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupied]
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" [syn: baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
Usage examples of "bemused".
Fitzpatrick looked with bemused curiosity at the aquarium on the inner wall, where angelfish flitted back and forth in an endless exploration of their small world.
He passed the weapon to the bemused Askari and climbed swiftly until his head was level with the bottom of the opening.
Instead, he saw but one figure in the Location: a large, placid Bololo of indeterminate gender who stood, apparently bemused, and watched the human archetypes that had come through the barrier.
Daasek received an education as he tagged behind and watched, bemused, as Choro haggled mercilessly with workers and merchants alike.
There was a loud flushing noise, a cubicle door opened and the man with a clarety complexion and heavy jowls from the next table emerged with a bemused expression.
The tavern was frequented by sailors and dockhands, free-swords in search of adventure, merchant captains, bored local dandies, and bemused travelers from a hundred ports and a dozen races.
In his hands was the dagger-sword, its pommel beaming with a fierce, demanding light, his head downbent as he stared at the now living gem, bemused.
She watched their pieces march across the star-shaped board and annihilate her kingdom, and she wondered, with a bemused expression, if she and Estral had been too kind to one another.
Eventually a host of newly landed merchants were ferried in, along with other foreigners in multi coloured hues, looking bemused.
While Gamay watched with a bemused smile, Paul picked up the phone and punched out a number.
That had even shaken the placid Horseface for a while, until Bowley and a couple of the older bullies had patiently explained to their bemused comrade that it was simply a case of hominid magic, such as had confounded to death the Ahrmehnee invaders of long years ago.
Bill was bemused by his two Letterman experiences but he felt as if both had been worth it in terms of exposure.
But it was her sly dodging of his request to tell her people of the lockdown that bemused him.
The Commander walked around the room, Longton looked on bemused as the Commander kicked the skirting boards and tapped the floor intermittently.
The change girl smiled back and shrugged, bemused, as Barney pulled the Mercurian prince away.