Definitions for bemused
be·mused

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupiedadjective

   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"

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

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bemusedadjective

   deeply thoughtful; preoccupied

2. bemusedadjective

   perplexed and bewildered

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bemusedadjective

   Overcome with musing; dreaming: a word of contempt.

   Etymology: from to muse.

   Is there a parson much bemus’d in beer,
   A maudlin poetess, a rhiming peer? Alexander Pope, Epistles.

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1. bemused

   Bemused refers to a state of being bewildered, confused, or lost in thought. It also indicates a sense of mild amusement or wry interest, particularly regarding something unexpected or peculiar.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bemused in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bemused in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of bemused in a Sentence

1. Ronald David Laing:

   We are bemused and crazed creatures, strangers to our true selves, to one another, and to the spiritual and material world -- mad, even, from an ideal standpoint we can glimpse but not adopt.

2. Martin Boon:

   Bemused? You have every right to be, if you want to ask me, which is unlikely, the answer you’d get is 'I just don’t know,'.

3. Paul Bacon:

   Within Japan, every professional person I speak to is bemused by Brexit, it is obvious here how economically damaging it will be, and also that it creates serious difficulties for Japanese industry.

4. Martin Boon:

   Bemused? You have every right to be, if you want to ask me, which is unlikely, the answer you’d get is 'I just don’t know.'.

5. Tyson Barker:

   Europeans have considered the last four years extremely distasteful. They've been bemused by Trump's envoys, like Richard Grenell in Germany, who have turned up and started behaving like Fox News anchors and insulting the country they were supposed to be building relations with.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bemused
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bemused
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bemused
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bemused