(v. t.) To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.
Example Sentences:
(1) September 20, 2015 There were bemused reactions from some politicians.
(2) He shrugs in bemusement at what is, to him, a meaningless compliment.
(3) Adoption and fostering: ‘The best thing you have ever done’ Read more The process of adopting disabled children was much harder when she first did it in the 1980s, Thorn says, adding that people tended to be bemused as to why any parent would volunteer for the additional work involved in bringing up children with varying needs.
(4) Back in Slovenia, Velikonja's situation is viewed with a degree of bemusement.
(5) I was bemused when Lord Bell suggested the police should interest themselves in the case of a fictional assassination of a person who was already dead.
(6) But the attack on TalkTalk has left researchers bemused.
(7) In Brussels, the reaction was more bemusement than amusement.
(8) Klitschko and a bemused audience watched on as Fury stalked the ring in full song, most of those present presumably wishing for it to stop.
(9) Twenty years ago, diaspora organisations such as Afford were among the first to draw attention to African diasporas' important roles in Africa's development, to bemused and sceptical audiences.
(10) Zile, a US-educated former finance minister generally seen as competent and moderate, is bemused.
(11) But Ian Gordon, banks analyst at Investec, said: "We were quite bemused listening to RBS management describe the business as 'ready for privatisation in 12 months'.
(12) It has a slightly bemused expression and wears its underpants over its trousers.
(13) Budd is bemused but not, you sense, displeased at the renewed media attention, despite the pain it caused before.
(14) Granted, there was the odd person who just didn’t get it, who asked bemused questions such as: “Who makes decisions?” (both of us), “Who should we email?” (try both of us), or “Who’s in charge?” (erm, both of us).
(15) Salmond refused to sit down, bringing proceedings to a halt, and looked bemused by the chaos he had created.
(16) The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, appeared bemused when asked about the use of French as the language of Brexit: “If I am correctly informed, we are all entitled to speak in our native tongue.” Some EU officials were amused that French could be the language of Britain’s EU divorce.
(17) I’ve noticed on a number of occasions after leaving a snarky remark that they’ll comment again, not just bemused by the fact that I’ve taken offence, but wanting me to know that they like me.
(18) The Kazakh-stand sings a little louder and Kyrgios shakes his head in bemusement.
(19) After a lap of honour with her 11-month-old daughter in her arms, Pavey sounded almost bemused at her success.
(20) Part of their appeal was their apparent nonchalance, which tended to be mistaken for cool but was really, she says, just gauche bemusement.
Bewilder
Definition:
(v. t.) To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.
Example Sentences:
(1) He was standing in the street looking windswept and bewildered.
(2) In a complex so large that travelator conveyor belts were installed to ferry visitors between the exhibition halls, the multitude of new gadgets on display can be bewildering.
(3) Its president, the former Canadian Liberal party leader and former Observer columnist Michael Ignatieff, is bewildered.
(4) Their response has always completely bewildered me.
(5) The chancellor also said that the sometimes bewildering array of initiatives already in existence for small firms would be streamlined under the banner of UK Finance for Growth, which will oversee the existing £4bn of schemes.
(6) Ross loved a girl of 17, so he married her when he was 28; a field-day for predictors of doom who must now be bewildered that two decades and three children proved them wrong.
(7) The presence of a de novo phosphatidylethanolamine Kennedy pathway in P. falciparum contributes to the bewildering variety of phospholipid biosynthetic pathways in this parasitic organism.
(8) 2 Attract the Comedian’s attention by having bewildering hair, wearing a necklace of multi-coloured fairy lights and launching two flares up into the lighting rig.
(9) Amid the incoherent responses that make up a bewildering official narrative, the idea that the militants are funded by the government is gaining currency.
(10) If you talk to anybody who is not in the Labour party, they’re actually bewildered that he’s still in place,” Low added.
(11) Invited by Marcus Rashford to make a dart into the area Martial breezed past a bewildered Besic to cut the ball back from the byline and present Marouane Fellaini with a goal against his former club.
(12) This is not surprising because although textbooks recommend a bewildering variety of test doses, they seldom give precise details as to how they should be conducted.
(13) Ross Sutherland's Standby For Tape Back-Up, which still bewilders me.
(14) Reportedly, her teleprompter conked out, inadvertently taking thousands of fresh “Obama Teleprompter” jokes with it, so she ad libbed, ultimately going 10 minutes over her allotted time while hurling out rewarmed zingers and bewildering anecdotes.
(15) But more rounded beer fans will find plenty to enjoy in its vast array of bottles (a bit bewildering, as there was no menu on a recent visit) and 13 keg lines.
(16) Instead – plainly bewildering to some commentators – here is unaccustomed unity of purpose.
(17) When General Electric jobs left Schenectady so did a way of life Read more Patrignani proudly chats me through the bewildering array of silicone-based products Momentive makes and that end up in everything from lipstick, car parts and the adhesives that are used in stamps and bandages to airplane seats and the glue that held the tiles on the space shuttle.
(18) He is bewildered by the "contradiction" within sections of the disability lobby, some of whom fear that the law will be used to discriminate against disabled people's quality of life and persuade them to end their lives instead.
(19) Burke told Guardian Australia: "I find some of the political points quite bewildering.
(20) So much so that the 28-year-old at the centre of it all is quite bewildered.