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Meaning of bemused

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bemused
      adj 1: 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" [syn:
             {bemused}, {deep in thought(p)}, {lost(p)},
             {preoccupied}]
      2: 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" [syn: {baffled},
         {befuddled}, {bemused}, {bewildered}, {confounded},
         {confused}, {lost}, {mazed}, {mixed-up}, {at sea}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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