bemusement's Usage Examples:

" The aesthetic of the "bemusement park" was potentially inspired by the "Dismayland" series of paintings.

expends huge resources of energy and ingenuity on his theories, much to the bemusement of some people at the party.

the Electoral district of Port Adelaide, a fact which caused hin some bemusement.

Zinc Alloy was met with bemusement by the listening public.

The wedding-guest's reaction turns from bemusement to impatience to fear to fascination as the mariner's story progresses.

fanciful and curmudgeonly, Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his rather sensible wife Ellen (Joan Hotchkis) and intelligent, questioning.

Although Orhan Veli's tradition-transgressing works were first received with bemusement and dismay, and were subject to derision and contempt later, they have.

This attention was coupled with considerable bemusement over followers' central objects of veneration, which include a large cream-coloured.

communities were far less enthusiastic about Dianetics, viewing it with bemusement, concern, or outright derision.

O'Shea, in Tom Lutz, ESPN's portrait of a gang-infested Dublin attracts bemusement in Ireland, The Guardian "The son also rises" "Fading Away" "Bonds story.

took the red card out of his hand while he was sending off Mano, to the bemusement of spectators and sports commentators, which in turn led to the prompt.

performed well because it "looked back on the innocence of adolescence with bemusement and fondness for that transitional period of life.

for television reviewing: "Her reviews often strike a tone of tolerant bemusement; she's a visitor from Mars bearing witness to the latest bonkers manifestation.

was snowing, and went round the showground measuring fences much to the bemusement of the show's officials.

away to personally-identified worthy causes, all of whom, to Martin's bemusement and dismay, entirely misinterpret his gestures of generosity.

campaigns and protests, and jog in matching track suits, much to the bemusement of the locals.

deliver in the music video, watching through a window in astonishment and bemusement as Carter through the window with Carter performing a re-enactment of.

Ollie manages to do this more than once in the film, much to the bemusement of the guests, and of Stan, who accuses him of falling over on purpose.

Synonyms:

disarray; obfuscation; mental confusion; puzzlement; bafflement; muddiness; confusion; mystification; confusedness; befuddlement; bewilderment;

Antonyms:

dryness; clarity; order; natural object; inactivity;