bemused by
Frequency: 7.521.6 per million words
Indicates the cause of the confusion or puzzlement.
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Examples (10)
- He seemed genuinely bemused by the complex instructions.
- The audience was left completely bemused by the magician's final trick.
- I was a little bemused by his sudden change in attitude.
- She looked slightly bemused by the strange question he asked her.
- Connie was rather bemused by all the attention she was getting.
- The old professor was often bemused by modern technology.
- We were all bemused by the cat's fascination with the empty box.
- The tourists appeared bemused by the local customs they couldn't understand.
- You might find yourself bemused by the film's abstract and ambiguous ending.
- The child stood there, bemused by the spinning top that wouldn't fall over.