bemuse - meaning and definition. What is bemuse
Diclib.com
ChatGPT AI Dictionary
Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:

Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence

On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:

  • how the word is used
  • frequency of use
  • it is used more often in oral or written speech
  • word translation options
  • usage examples (several phrases with translation)
  • etymology

What (who) is bemuse - definition


bemuse      
(bemuses, bemusing, bemused)
If something bemuses you, it puzzles or confuses you.
The sheer quantity of detail would bemuse even the most clear-headed author.
= bewilder
VERB: V n
Bemuse      
·vt To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.
bemuse      
¦ verb [usu. as adjective bemused] confuse or bewilder.
Derivatives
bemusedly adverb
bemusement noun
Origin
C18: from be- + muse2.
Examples of use of bemuse
1. The audio would be selected for their potential to amuse, bemuse, and perhaps even mystify the online community.
2. From sat–navs to security lights, mobile phones to printers, they bemuse, befuddle and annoy, driving the most passive of users into a rage.
3. But McClaren on Monday responded with claims that will stagger England fans and bemuse the statisticians who collect data on the national team.
4. "If we can change the way people think by making a mockery of political decisions that are nonsense then we have achieved something." Yet our antics seemed to bemuse almost everybody else at the camp.