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Bemused

adjective

Deeply absorbed in thought. Synonyms: deep in thought, lost, preoccupied. "Lost in thought" , "A preoccupied frown"

Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment. Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up. "Bewildered and confused" , "A cloudy and confounded philosopher" , "Just a mixed-up kid" , "She felt lost on the first day of school"

Bemuse

verb

Cause to be confused emotionally. Synonyms: bewilder, discombobulate, throw.

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"Bemused" Quotes from Famous Books

... end of the bazaar, where he set him up on his feet against the wall of a shop at the head of a dark lane, and left him and went away. After a while up came a Nazarene,[FN503] the Sultan's broker who, much bemused with liquor, was purposing for the Hammam bath as his drunkenness whispered in his ear, "Verily the call to matins[FN504] is nigh." He came plodding along and staggering about till he drew near the Hunchback and squatted down to make water[FN505] ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton

... the wet dripped dismally off the shrouds and the watch on deck sang mournful airs in the gray gloom, the two lads settled into big chairs in the cabin, beneath a mighty brass oil-lamp, and while Bob sat bemused over Captain Dampier's Voyages, Jeremy fought Apollyon with that good knight Christian, in "Pilgrim's Progress." But best of all were the days of howling fair weather, when sky and sea were deep ...

— The Black Buccaneer • Stephen W. Meader