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verbijsteren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bemuse verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
  • confuse verb To make someone unable to understand or think clearly.
  • puzzle verb To confuse or mystify someone.
  • surprise noun Something unexpected, or the feeling caused by it.

Senses

verbijsteren is used for these senses in English:

  • bemuse (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
  • confuse (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
  • surprise (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.

bemuse — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
  2. verb To find something funny, often in a mocking way.
  3. verb To dedicate something to the Muses, the goddesses of the arts.
  4. verb To make someone drunk.

confuse — full definition

  1. verb To make someone unable to understand or think clearly.
  2. verb To mistake one thing for another.
  3. verb To make someone feel embarrassed or flustered.
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