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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bemusing

/bɪˈmjuːzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
be-mus-ing
IPA
/bɪˈmjuːzɪŋ/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wryly perplexing.

verb

present participle and gerund of bemuse

Inflected Forms

more bemusing (comparative) most bemusing (superlative)

Derived Forms

bemusingly

Questions

How do you pronounce bemusing?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈmjuːzɪŋ/.
What does bemusing mean?
Wryly perplexing.

How to pronounce bemusing

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