If you are bemused, you are puzzled or confused. He was rather bemused by children Mr. Sebastian was looking at the boys with a bemused expression. = bewildered + bemusedly be·mus·ed·ly He was staring bemusedly at the picture of himself. looking as if you are confused = bewildered (MUSE)
deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown
To confuse or bewilder, especially regarding emotional matters, for example: "For Gods sake, why do people keep using bemused as if it means amused?" asked the bemused editor