Bemused
Remote
Remote adjective - Small in degree.
Bemused and remote are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bemused" instead an adjective "Remote".
Nearby Words: remoteness, remotely
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Steve checks the remote to find there aren't any batteries in it at all, points this out to new girlfriend Susan, and is bemused when she goes into her bedside table to get them back... when those are dead too, she opens up a drawer to reveal several huge multipacks of spare batteries.
Source: Dead TV Remote Gag -
Write What You Know:invoked In-universe, this is the reason Calvin gives a bemused Hobbes for his attempt to use "man who flicks through channels with a remote control" as a trope in a story he writes.
Source: Comic Strip / Calvin and Hobbes
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Remote and Bemused. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bemused/remote
Bemused & Remote. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bemused/remote>.
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