bemused

adjective

1. bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
2. lost in thought; preoccupied.
3. mildly amused, especially in a detached way.

verb (used with object), be·mused, be·mus·ing.

1. to bewilder or confuse.
2. to preoccupy; engross.
3. to cause to be mildly amused, especially in a detached way: Apparently bemused by his critics, he floated above the clamor surrounding the campaign.

adjective

1. preoccupied; lost in thought

verb

1. (tr) to confuse; bewilder

adj.

1735, past participle adjective from bemuse (v.). Related: Bemusedly.

v.

“to make utterly confused,” from be- + muse (cf. amuse); attested from 1735 but probably older, as Pope (1705) punned on it as “devoted utterly to the Muses.”