bemusement
4
7.4
- noun
- /bɪˈmjuːzmənt/
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perplejidad
- One self watched in bemusement while a dark pint reappeared before him again, as if by magic.
I mean, it's not like a Hardy, it's bemusement.
- I mean, it's not like a Hardy, it's bemusement.
Examples
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A look of bemusement comes over his face when he sees their blazers.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Persifor was looking down at me with a mixture of pleasure and bemusement.
Fiction book (1994) -
Their faces are screens of bemusement, showing only the recognition of his strange and novel presence before them.
Fiction book (1996) -
I can understand the bemusement at her CV given the other options.
Blog text (7) -
Teddy tilted his head at me with an air of bemusement.
Fiction book (2001) -
Our tone alternated between bemusement and mystification.
Academic text (2008) -
My boss was Taiwanese himself and delivered this information with a wry tone of bemusement.
Blog text (17) -
His manly features wrinkled in quizzical bemusement.
Fiction book (2002) -
The horses strained to struggle up the high edge, then stopped on their own, as if in bemusement, at the pike-gate dividing two worlds.
Fiction book (1994) -
After hearing the unexpected news, she sat in bemusement, trying to comprehend what had just happened.
Synonyms
12
4.8
A feeling of being very confused and not knowing what to do
9
5.5
A feeling of not understanding something that is hard to explain
4
7.5
Feeling confused because something is hard to understand
4
6.9
A feeling of not being able to understand something
3
7.0
A feeling of confusion when you cannot understand something
3
8.1
Making things confusing so people feel puzzled
1
8.1
A state of being confused and not able to think clearly
Antonyms
How Confused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bemusement comes from the prefix be- and the verb muse, where muse means 'to think' or 'be lost in thought'. A helpful way to remember it is that bemuse moved from 'make someone think' to 'cause confusion', so bemusement is the state of being puzzled.