verbijsteren — meaning in English

English meaning

• bemuse verb To confuse or bewilder.
• 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 confuse or bewilder.
2. verb To be amused, especially sardonically.
3. verb To devote to the Muses.
4. verb To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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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