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" baffledbefuddledbemusedbewilderedconfoundedconfusedlostmazedmixed-upat sea
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" bemuseddeep in thoughtlostpreoccupied