Meaning : Deeply absorbed in thought.
Example :
As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class.
Lost in thought.
A preoccupied frown.
Synonyms : lost, preoccupied
Meaning : Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements. Filled with bewilderment.
Example :
Obviously bemused by his questions.
Bewildered and confused.
A cloudy and confounded philosopher.
Just a mixed-up kid.
She felt lost on the first day of school.
Synonyms : at sea, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up