Another word for bemusement

The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings

• trance

  1. A condition of great mental concentration or abstraction, esp. one induced by religious fervor or mysticism
  2. A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often an hypnotic effect.
  3. A state of altered consciousness, somewhat resembling sleep, during which voluntary movement is lost, as in hypnosis

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  1. A condition of great mental concentration or abstraction, esp. one induced by religious fervor or mysticism
  2. A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often an hypnotic effect.
  3. A state of altered consciousness, somewhat resembling sleep, during which voluntary movement is lost, as in hypnosis

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• study

  1. A state of mental absorption:
  2. A branch of knowledge or department of learning:
  3. A noteworthy or interesting example:

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  1. A state of mental absorption:
  2. A branch of knowledge or department of learning:
  3. A noteworthy or interesting example:

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• reverie

  1. A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
  2. Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming
  3. A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [From 1657.]

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  1. A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
  2. Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming
  3. A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [From 1657.]

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• muse

  1. A state of reflection.
  2. (Greek Mythology) Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science.
  3. A person, esp. a woman, who is the object of love or devotion and is regarded as a source of inspiration

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  1. A state of reflection.
  2. (Greek Mythology) Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science.
  3. A person, esp. a woman, who is the object of love or devotion and is regarded as a source of inspiration

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• daydreaming

  1. An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.

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  1. An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.

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• brown study

  1. (Idiomatic, dated) A melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream.
  2. A state of deep thought.

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  1. (Idiomatic, dated) A melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream.
  2. A state of deep thought.

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• abstraction

  1. The act of abstracting or the state of having been abstracted.
  2. Formation of an idea, as of a quality or property of a thing, in such a way as to apprehend that quality or property apart from any particular instances of it in the material world
  3. An abstract work of art.

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  1. The act of abstracting or the state of having been abstracted.
  2. Formation of an idea, as of a quality or property of a thing, in such a way as to apprehend that quality or property apart from any particular instances of it in the material world
  3. An abstract work of art.

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• absent-mindedness

  1. The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]
  2. Alternative form of absent-mindedness.

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  1. The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]
  2. Alternative form of absent-mindedness.

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