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| 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
- 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
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