verb
- Cause to be confused emotionally.
- synonyms: bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
adjective
- Deeply absorbed in thought.
- usage: "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
- synonyms: deep in thought, lost, preoccupied
- Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
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