What part of speech is bemused?

Bemused can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bemused is a verb, past participle of bemuse (infinitive).
  • 2. bemused is a verb, past simple of bemuse (infinitive).
  • 3. bemused is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more bemused
    most bemused
  • Positive: bemused 
  • Comparative: more bemused
  • Superlative: most bemused

What does bemused mean?

Definitions

Adjective

bemused - 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"
bemused - 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"

Verb

bemuse - cause to be confused emotionally

Examples of bemused

#   Sentence  
1. adj. As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class.
2. adj. Obviously bemused by his questions.
3. adj. But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
Sentence  
adj.
As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class.
Obviously bemused by his questions.
But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.

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