Bemused can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
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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" | ||
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bemuse - cause to be confused emotionally |
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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. |
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As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class. |
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Obviously bemused by his questions. |
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But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands. |