bemuse

[US]/bɪˈmjuːz/
[UK]/bɪˈmjuːz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to cause someone to be puzzled or confused
Word Forms
Past Tensebemused
Past Participlebemused
Present Participlebemusing
Third Person Singularbemuses

Phrases & Collocations

bemused expression

Example Sentences

be bemused with drink

he was bemused by what was happening.

bemused by the senator's resignation;

they were bemused by the speed of events.

He was promoted again and again Bemuse he knew how to ruB his Boss the right way.

Country cousin:One whose ingenuousness or rustic ways may bemuse or entertain city dwellers.

addle, badger, bait, bemused, beset, circumvent, confound, derange, discombobulated, discomfit, disconcert, disquiet, distraught, faze, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perturb.

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