| Main Entry: | bemuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, bewilder, daydream, daze, gather wool, moon, muddle, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, pipe dream, puzzle, stun, stupefy |
| Notes: | the first meaning of amuse was 'to divert the attention of in order to mislead,' 'delude, deceive' and now means 'entertain, make smile or laugh'; bemuse means 'confuse, bewilder, puzzle' |
Antonyms: |
clear up, enlighten, explain, illuminate, tell |
| Main Entry: | bemused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absent-minded |
Synonyms: |
a million miles away, absent, absorbed, abstracted, distracted, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, inattentive, lost, preoccupied |
| Main Entry: | bemused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
Synonyms: |
befuddled, bewildered, dazed, discombobulated*, flustered, fuzzy, muddled, perplexed, puzzled, stupefied, thrown |
| Main Entry: | absent-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out to lunch |
Synonyms: |
absent, absorbed, abstracted, airheaded, airheaded, bemused, careless, daydreaming, distracted, distrait, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, forgetful, goofing off, head in the clouds, heedless, inattentive, inconscient, lost, mooning, moony, oblivious, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, preoccupied, remote, removed, scatterbrained, space cadet, spacey, spacey, surroundings, unaware of events, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, withdrawn, woolgathering |
Antonyms: |
alert, attentive, aware |
| Main Entry: | bewilder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor*, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, orient |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder someone |
Synonyms: |
abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | demented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
Synonyms: |
bananas, bemused, crackbrained, daft, delirious, deranged, distracted, distraught, flipped out, foolish, frenzied, fruity, hysterical, idiotic, in the ozone, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, nutty as a fruitcake, out of one's gourd, out of one's tree, psycho, psychopathic, psychotic, schitzy, schizoid, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unsound, whacko |
Antonyms: |
balanced, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible |
| Main Entry: | dizzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light-headed, confused |
Synonyms: |
addled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, blind, blinded, dazed, dazzled, distracted, disturbed, dumb, dumbfounded, faint, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, light, muddled, off balance, out of control, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, reeling, shaky, slap-happy, staggered, staggering, swimming*, tipsy, unsteady, upset, vertiginous, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, whirling, wobbly, woozy |
Antonyms: |
clear, clear-headed, unconfused |
| Main Entry: | forgetful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tending to not remember |
Synonyms: |
absent, absent-minded, abstracted, airheaded, amnemonic, amnesic, asleep on the job, bemused, careless, distracted, dreamy, heedless, inattentive, lax, like an absent-minded professor, looking out window, mooning, moony, neglectful, negligent, nirvanic, not on the job, oblivious, out of it, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, preoccupied, remiss, slack, sloppy, unmindful, unwitting, woolgathering |
Antonyms: |
attentive, mindful, recalling, remembering, retentive |
| Main Entry: | giddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, impulsive |
Synonyms: |
bemused, brainless, bubbleheaded, capricious, careless, changeable, changeful, ditzy, dizzy, empty-headed, erratic, fickle, flighty, flustered, frivolous, gaga, heedless, inconstant, irresolute, irresponsible, lightheaded, punchy, reckless, reeling, scatterbrained, skittish, slaphappy, swimming*, thoughtless, unbalanced, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, whimsical, whirling, wild, woozy |
Antonyms: |
calm, careful, level-headed, sensible, serious |