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bemused

/bɪˈmjuːzd/ adjective C2
  1. deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
  2. perplexed and bewildered
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But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 12 · C1

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