bemuse
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /bɪˈmjuːz/, /bəˈmjuːz/
bemuse (bemuses, present participle bemusing; past and past participle bemused)
- (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
- 1735, Alexander Pope, Satires of Dr. Donne versified
- a parson much be-mus'd in beer
- 1735, Alexander Pope, Satires of Dr. Donne versified
- (archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.
- French: déconcerter, stupéfier
- German: verwirren, verblüffen, irritieren, nachdenklich stimmen, verwundern
- Italian: confondere
- Portuguese: confuso
- Russian: поража́ть
- Spanish: desconcertar
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