Bemuse

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  • transitive verb. To cause to be bewildered; confuse.
  • transitive verb. To occupy the attention of; absorb or engross.
  • transitive verb. To cause to be mildly or wryly amused.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put into a muse or reverie; confuse; muddle; stupefy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To confuse or bewilder.
  • verb. To devote to the Muses.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to be confused emotionally
    • Word Usage
    "All the other dictionaries and usage guides maintain that "bemuse" suggests a frown or furrowed brow, not a smile."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    discomfit  discompose  disconcert  untune  upset  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chartreuse  Cruz  Druse  Druze  Hughes  
    verb-form
    bemused  bemuses  bemusing  
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