bemused

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɪˈmjuːzd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Verb

bemused

simple past and past participle of bemuse

Adjective

bemused (comparative more bemused, superlative most bemused)

deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
perplexed and bewildered
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:
  That left Bradly as bemused as ever, for it posed another incomprehensibility: Why had Podson walked here?

Derived terms

Translations

thoughtful; preoccupied

French: perplexe (fr)
German: nachdenklich gestimmt, verwundert (de)
Korean: 생각에 잠긴 (saenggage jamgin), 정신이 팔린 (jeongsini pallin)

perplexed and bewildered

Dutch: verward (nl), in de war gebracht, verbijsterd (nl)
French: perplexe (fr), stupéfait (fr)
German: verwirrt (de), verblüfft (de), irritiert (de)
Korean: 어리벙벙한 (eoribeongbeonghan), 어리둥절한 (eoridungjeolhan), 넋을 잃은 (neokseul ireun)
Maori: pōrauraha

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