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bemusement

/bəˈmjuːzmənt/

bemusement noun: the state of being bemused.

Noun

bemusement (plural bemusements)

  1. The state of being bemused.
    • Near-synonyms: preoccupation, perplexity, bewilderment, speechlessness (all sometimes overlapping in meaning)
    • Wrex touches his grandfather's armor, his expression… thoughtful, perhaps? Krogan are hard to read. Then he shakes off his bemusement and grips his gun with renewed purpose.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuntau

bemusement meaning in Malayalam

bemusement in Malayalam

confusion, bewilder-ment, puzzlement
അന്ധാളിപ്പ്, അമ്പരപ്പ്, അങ്കലാപ്പ്, വലനം, സംഭ്രമം, വിക്ഷേപം

Synonyms of bemusement

Forms of bemusement

pluralbemusements

Origin of bemusement

From bemuse + -ment.

Questions about bemusement

What does bemusement mean?
Bemusement means the state of being bemused.
What is bemusement in Malayalam?
Bemusement in Malayalam is അന്ധാളിപ്പ്, അമ്പരപ്പ്, അങ്കലാപ്പ്. See Bemusement meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is bemusement?
Bemusement is a noun.
How do you pronounce bemusement?
Bemusement is pronounced /bəˈmjuːzmənt/.
What is the plural of bemusement?
The plural of bemusement is bemusements.

Words near bemusement in the dictionary

  1. Bemus Point
  2. bemuscled
  3. bemuse
  4. bemused
  5. bemusedly
  6. bemusement
  7. bemusements
  8. bemuses
  9. bemusing
  10. bemusingly
  11. bemuslined

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bemusement (page history and authors); bemusement (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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