bemusementn.
/bɪˈmjuːzmənt/ Bemused condition.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [noun] > confusion, bewilderment
astonishment1594
fluskering1660
amusement1663
fuzz1711
disconcertedness1752
disconcertion1754
disconcertment1759
bedazzlement1806
muzziness1814
bewilderment1819
flurrification1822
bedazement1888
disorientation1902
bemusement1907
1907 J. Galsworthy Country House i. viii The devilry, mockery, admiration, bemusement, had gone out of his face.
1921 A. S. M. Hutchinson If Winter Comes ii. iv. §9 She threw away the bemusement in which she had sat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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