Antonyms for bemused


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bih-myoozd
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈmyuzd


Definition of bemused

Origin :
  • 1735, past participle adjective from bemuse (v.). Related: Bemusedly.
  • adj absent-minded
  • adj confused
Example sentences :
  • Still Andre-Louis continued to stand there, looking on as if bemused.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Nor was he so bemused by fear as not to reflect that, whatever Flavia asked, Asgill would do.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • This note, necessarily so broken and bemused, must reach its useless end.
  • Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
  • (I have forgiven), said David in Hebrew, and laughed at the man's bemused visage.
  • Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill
  • This poor old chap is ill and bemused by his rough handling.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy's House Party » by Evelyn Raymond
  • She scarce listened, for at first she was bemused by two thoughts.
  • Extract from : « The Job » by Sinclair Lewis
  • The trooper was half asleep and bemused with the beer or the mead he had drunk.
  • Extract from : « The Mercenary » by W. J. Eccott
  • The effect of his potations was still upon him, and his mind was bemused.
  • Extract from : « No Defense, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • He followed, bemused, and reluctance grew into agony of mind.
  • Extract from : « Shock Treatment » by Stanley Mullen
  • M'Clare says in a bemused sort of way He will be thirty-seven in a couple of months.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Kafoozalum » by Pauline Ashwell

Synonyms for bemused

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