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Bemused

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Adjective

1. bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied

deeply absorbed in thought

Example Sentences:
'as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class'
'lost in thought'
'a preoccupied frown'

2. at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up

perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bemused

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adjective
preoccupied; lost in thought

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Bemused

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tr.v. be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es
1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse.
2. To occupy the attention of; absorb or engross: The book bemused him for days.
3. Usage Problem To cause to be mildly or wryly amused: "Unlike William McKinley, whose priggishness bemused him, Roosevelt had no compunctions about smoking cigars in public" (Joseph Conlin).

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