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What is another word for bemused?

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Adjective

Puzzled or bewildered by something

Absent-minded, seemingly preoccupied

Behaving irrationally due to anxiety or mental illness

Lightheartedly silly or excitable

To have instigated the curiosity or attention of someone

Past tense for to confound or perplex someone

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Adjective

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Puzzled or bewildered by something

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

woolly^UK

wooly^US

filled with astonishment

filled with amazement

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

marveling^US

marvelling^UK

unable to believe your eyes

unable to believe one's ears

had their heads messed with

caused to be at a stand

made to scratch their head

whirling

uncertain which way to turn

in a state of confusion

deranged

put to it

gone

not knowing if you are coming or going

caught on the wrong foot

driven to distraction

with Alzheimer's disease

not knowing if one is coming or going

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“Their eyes connected for a moment, both a little bemused by the ease of their conversation.”

Adjective

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Absent-minded, seemingly preoccupied

with a mind like a sieve

deep in thought

not there

detached

in a world of your own

with your head in the clouds

with a memory like a sieve

off in a world of one's own

lacking concentration

bored

not concentrating

unnoticing

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“When Tom came, Mark was still in the barn, bemused, and lost in thought.”

Adjective

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Behaving irrationally due to anxiety or mental illness

not quite right in the head

not the full shilling

away with the fairies

as mad as a March hare

one card shy of a full deck

out to lunch

round the bend

with a screw loose

a few cards shy of a full deck

mad as a March hare

non compos mentis

not right in the head

not together

one sandwich short of a picnic

over the edge

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

deprived of one's wits

have bats in the belfry

having a screw loose

severely mentally ill

having kangaroos in the top paddock

off one's nut

off your trolley

have kangaroos in the top paddock

flakey^US

flaky^UK

not in your right mind

severely mentally disordered

psyched out

two sandwiches short of a picnic

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

not knowing what to do with oneself

at the end of your tether

like a chicken with its head cut off

driven to distraction

in a fit

out of one's wits

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Adjective

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Lightheartedly silly or excitable

with a mind like a sieve

Verb

To have instigated the curiosity or attention of someone

tantalized^US

mesmerised^UK

mesmerized^US

tantalised^UK

aroused one's curiosity

bewitched

captured one's imagination

engaged one's attention

floated someone's boat

tickled someone's fancy

whetted one's appetite

hypnotized^US

hypnotised^UK

monopolized^US

monopolised^UK

magnetized^US

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

magnetised^UK

held the attention of

aroused the curiosity of

whetted the appetite of

swept someone off their feet

stricken

teased

bewildered

took your breath away

blown away

taken your breath away

humored^US

humoured^UK

made your mouth water

galvanized^US

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

riveted the attention of

galvanised^UK

swept you off your feet

laughed it up

made content

dangled a carrot in front of

made someone feel good

obtained

grabbed the attention of

kept someone hanging on

warmed the cockles of the heart

kept hanging

knocked 'em dead

turned someone's head

gotten under your skin

given someone a thrill

gotten going

gave someone a thrill

done it for someone

did it for someone

gave great pleasure to

given joy to

given someone a charge

gave joy to

given great pleasure to

gave someone a charge

gave someone pleasure

gave a lift

given someone pleasure

given a lift

gotten one's kicks

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“It is the most compelling demonstration so far in Andrea's art of the power of colored light to enchant the eye and bemuse the mind.”

Verb

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Past tense for to confound or perplex someone

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

made someone scratch their head

caused to be at a stand

distracted

setted someone thinking

hit like a ton of bricks

messed with one's head

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

balked^US

baulked^UK

paralysed^UK

stopped someone in their tracks

paralyzed^US

knocked the stuffing out of

took your breath away

taken your breath away

put someone off their stroke

put someone off their stride

put out of countenance

setted someone back on their heels

caused someone to lose their composure

hurt somebody's feelings

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

agonized^US

agonised^UK

tantalised^UK

tantalized^US

pushed the buttons of

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

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“This movie is more of a festival of excesses, where tone and temperament are identified and altered to confuse and bemuse the audience.”

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