Definitions for bemuse

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bemuse be·muse

Spelling: [bih-myooz]

IPA: /bɪˈmyuz/

Bemuse is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in bemuse (beemsu).

Definitions for bemuse

verb (used with object)

1. to bewilder or confuse.
2. to preoccupy; engross.
3. to cause to be mildly amused, especially in a detached way:

Origin of bemuse

First recorded in 1695-1705; be- + muse

Examples for bemuse

Most of these were of the opiate class, light magazines and light stories intended to bemuse and not to educate the mind.

Hunger does not necessarily help the understanding; it may bemuse it by passion and resentment.

I asked, determined not to allow her to bemuse or escape me with her metaphysical talk and illustrations.