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(adj) at sea, befuddled, bewildered, baffled, mixed-up, confounded, confused, lost, mazed
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
obviously bemused by his questions; bewildered and confused; a cloudy and confounded philosopher; just a mixed-up kid; she felt lost on the first day of school
(adj) preoccupied, deep in thought, lost
deeply absorbed in thought
as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class; lost in thought; a preoccupied frown