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View definitions for bemusement

bemusement

noun as in absent-mindedness

noun as in confusion

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Example Sentences

The decision to keep courthouse doors open last week, even as smoke was wafting in, has been met with a mix of frustration and bemusement by the legal community.

The amount of attention that Reis da Silva has received, particularly from overseas, seems to have caused an element of bemusement to the player and his partner.

From BBC

Labour MP Stella Creasy said she hoped Allister would "recognise it's not laughter on this side - it's bemusement at the inconsistencies".

From BBC

While Trump was talking, Harris often alternated between gazing at him with bemusement and then looking away with a breezy grin as if to avoid bursting out laughing.

From Salon

Whenever her opponent was talking, Harris took on a studied look of bemusement or incredulity.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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