Bemuse
verb
To cause someone to be confused or puzzled.
His strange behavior has completely bemused me.
Often appears as...
- bemused by
- bemused look
verb
To cause someone to be engrossed or occupied in thought.
He was bemused by the complex logic problem.
Often appears as...
- deeply bemused
- bemused expression
verb
To cause someone to be confused or puzzled.
His strange behavior has completely bemused me.
Often appears as...
- bemused by
- bemused look
verb
To cause someone to be engrossed or occupied in thought.
He was bemused by the complex logic problem.
Often appears as...
- deeply bemused
- bemused expression
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Bemuse can imply a mild amusement or tolerance, not just confusion.
The magician's act bemused the audience; they were puzzled yet entertained.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Being bemused doesn't always mean being upset or annoyed.
She had a bemused smile upon realizing the joke.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confusion
Bemuse suggests a gentler confusion than words like 'baffle' or 'flummox'.
His abstract art left the viewers pleasantly bemused.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Bemuse can imply a mild amusement or tolerance, not just confusion.
The magician's act bemused the audience; they were puzzled yet entertained.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Being bemused doesn't always mean being upset or annoyed.
She had a bemused smile upon realizing the joke.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confusion
Bemuse suggests a gentler confusion than words like 'baffle' or 'flummox'.
His abstract art left the viewers pleasantly bemused.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Bemuse can imply a mild amusement or tolerance, not just confusion.
The magician's act bemused the audience; they were puzzled yet entertained.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Being bemused doesn't always mean being upset or annoyed.
She had a bemused smile upon realizing the joke.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confusion
Bemuse suggests a gentler confusion than words like 'baffle' or 'flummox'.
His abstract art left the viewers pleasantly bemused.
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"What do you do about the drop-out rate in Finland?" And they all looked a bit bemused, and said, "Well, we don't have one. Why would you drop out? If people are in trouble, we get to them quite quickly
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The 5 Musketeers Have an...
think it was so brief and so quick and I'm utterly kun I I'm bemused I have no idea what it was I have no idea what it could be and I have no idea where it
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The myth of King Midas...
He was known in Greek mythology as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and distracted the gods. Midas spent his days in a stupor of splendor,
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How to escape...
"What do you do about the drop-out rate in Finland?" And they all looked a bit bemused, and said, "Well, we don't have one. Why would you drop out? If people are in trouble, we get to them quite quickly
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The 5 Musketeers Have an...
think it was so brief and so quick and I'm utterly kun I I'm bemused I have no idea what it was I have no idea what it could be and I have no idea where it
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The myth of King Midas...
He was known in Greek mythology as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and distracted the gods. Midas spent his days in a stupor of splendor,
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Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
I remember how, back in the 1980s, the Scottish Flow Country became an object of bemused controversy as rich celebrities and businessmen from south of the border acquired great tracts of this vast wetland in the far north in order to plant non-native conifer plantations that attract hefty tax breaks.
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Thomas Horn
American Actor
We were bemused, I guess, when we got the call from Hollywood. We didn't know anything about the entertainment industry or even what a casting agency was. But I thought, 'What do I have to lose?' It's not every day a great opportunity presents itself.
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Grace Kelly
American Actress
I did enjoy and take pride in my work as an actress, yet I'm bemused by suppositions that my life since has somehow been less fulfilling. That certainly is not the case. Rather the reverse.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Making jokes is about the most wrong and stupid thing a bemused, middle-aged, white heterosexual Anglo Saxon sort of Celt Australian male can do these days.
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Terry Wogan
Irish Entertainer
My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a little bit lazy.
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Jade Jagger
English Designer
People occasionally recognise me. But they don't know who I am. I see a lot of bemused looks... They're trying to figure it out.
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Jamie Carragher
English Athlete
Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso was always bemused by our enthusiasm for tackling, because he saw it as the last resort.
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Chuka Umunna
British Politician
I get quite bemused by the comments made about what I wear because, for African people, how you dress is very important.
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Mike Nichols
German Director
I don't expect anything from reviews. Sometimes I am bemused by them.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
I remember how, back in the 1980s, the Scottish Flow Country became an object of bemused controversy as rich celebrities and businessmen from south of the border acquired great tracts of this vast wetland in the far north in order to plant non-native conifer plantations that attract hefty tax breaks.
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Thomas Horn
American Actor
We were bemused, I guess, when we got the call from Hollywood. We didn't know anything about the entertainment industry or even what a casting agency was. But I thought, 'What do I have to lose?' It's not every day a great opportunity presents itself.
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Grace Kelly
American Actress
I did enjoy and take pride in my work as an actress, yet I'm bemused by suppositions that my life since has somehow been less fulfilling. That certainly is not the case. Rather the reverse.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Making jokes is about the most wrong and stupid thing a bemused, middle-aged, white heterosexual Anglo Saxon sort of Celt Australian male can do these days.
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Terry Wogan
Irish Entertainer
My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a little bit lazy.
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Jade Jagger
English Designer
People occasionally recognise me. But they don't know who I am. I see a lot of bemused looks... They're trying to figure it out.
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Jamie Carragher
English Athlete
Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso was always bemused by our enthusiasm for tackling, because he saw it as the last resort.
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Chuka Umunna
British Politician
I get quite bemused by the comments made about what I wear because, for African people, how you dress is very important.
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Mike Nichols
German Director
I don't expect anything from reviews. Sometimes I am bemused by them.
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