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bemused

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bemused in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    baffled  befuddled  bemused  bewildered  confounded  confused  lost  mazed  mixed-up  at sea 
  2. 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  deep in thought  lost  preoccupied 
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bemused in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (past of/bemuse)
  2. (adjective) deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
  3. (adjective) perplexed and bewildered
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