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bemused

adjective

1 bemused

Deeply absorbed in thought:
— As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class.

synonyms: lost, preoccupied.

Roget 458: inattentive; unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning; inadvertent; mindless, regardless, respectless, listless etc. (indifferent) ... show more

Polish: nieobecny, zamyślony, zadumany

2 bemused

Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment:
— Obviously bemused by his questions.

synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up.


Moby thesaurus: absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, addled, beery, besotted, blind drunk, castle-building, crapulent, crapulous, daydreaming, daydreamy, distrait, dizzy, dreaming, dreamy, drenched, drowsing, drunk ... show more.

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