bemuse Play transitive verbPuzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone). SYNONYMS astonishedastoundedat a lossat seaat sixes and sevensbaffledbefuddledbewilderedconfuseddazeddiscomfiteddiscomposeddisconcerteddisorienteddumbfoundedfuddledmuddledmystifiednonplussedperplexedpuzzledshakenshaken upstumpedstunnedstupefiedtaken abackthrownthrown off balancetroubledunnerved