bemuse
/bih-MYOOZ/verbto puzzle or confuse someone
“The judges were bemused by the entry's category.”
- Synonyms
- bewilder, puzzle, perplex
- Antonyms
- enlighten
- Memory hook
- be + muse: lost in puzzled musing.
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