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bemused
Overview of verb bemuse
The verb bemuse has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw -- (cause to be confused emotionally)
Overview of adj bemused
The adj bemused has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied -- (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")
2. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea -- (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")
Antonyms of verb bemuse
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bemuse
1 sense of bemuse
Sense 1
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
=> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bemuse
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bemuse
1 sense of bemuse
Sense 1
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
=> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
'Cause To' of verb bemuse
Derived Forms of verb bemuse
1 sense of bemuse
Sense 1
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
RELATED TO>(noun) bemusement#1
=> bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement
Domain of verb bemuse
Domain Terms of verb bemuse
Familiarity of verb bemuse
bemuse used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb bemuse
1 sense of bemuse
Sense 1
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
EX: The bad news will bemuse him
EX: The good news will bemuse her
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bemuse
1 sense of bemuse
Sense 1
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
=> faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle
=> dissolve
=> bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
=> embarrass, abash
=> pain, anguish, hurt
=> afflict
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bemuse
Sense 1
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
=> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
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Grep of verb bemuse
bemuse
Antonyms of adj bemused
2 senses of bemused
Sense 1
bemused, deep in thought(predicate), lost(predicate), preoccupied
INDIRECT (VIA thoughtful) -> thoughtless
Sense 2
baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
INDIRECT (VIA perplexed) -> unperplexed
Similarity of adj bemused
2 senses of bemused
Sense 1
bemused, deep in thought(predicate), lost(predicate), preoccupied
=> thoughtful (vs. thoughtless)
Sense 2
baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
=> perplexed (vs. unperplexed)
Pertainyms of adj bemused
Attributes of adj bemused
Domain of adj bemused
Domain Terms of adj bemused
Familiarity of adj bemused
bemused used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj bemused
bemused
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