📖 Definitions of "Bemuse"
verb
- 1
To confuse or bewilder.
- 2
To devote to the Muses.
🔄 Synonyms of "Bemuse"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| throwverb | (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air. |
| bewilderverb | (transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices. |
| discombobulateverb | (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bemuse"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bewilderverb | (transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices. |
| discombobulateverb | (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex. |
| throwverb | (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air. |
| stupefyverb | (transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action. |
| bemazeverb | (transitive) To bewilder. |
| amuseverb | (transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions. |
| bewhapeverb | (transitive, archaic) To bewilder; amaze; confuse; utterly confound. |
| confuseverb | (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand |
| bogglenoun | (dated) A bungle; a botched situation. |
| baffoundverb | To perplex; to bewilder. |
| bemuddleverb | (archaic) to confuse, distort |
| bedevilverb | To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. |
| bedazzleverb | (transitive, informal) To decorate with sequins or other sparkly material; to bespangle. |
| confoundverb | To perplex or puzzle. |
| bamfoozleverb | (colloquial) To confound; to perplex. |
| ammuseverb | Obsolete spelling of amuse. [(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.] |
| poseverb | (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect. |
| perplexverb | (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle. |
| betwattleverb | (archaic, transitive, West Country) To surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind. |
| puzzlenoun | (countable) A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma. |
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