Associations to the word «Bemused»

Wiktionary

BEMUSED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of bemuse
BEMUSED, adjective. Deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
BEMUSED, adjective. Perplexed and bewildered

Dictionary definition

BEMUSED, adjective. 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, adjective. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope