BEFUDDLED

addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded

(adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking; “muddleheaded ideas”; “your addled little brain”; “woolly thinking”; “woolly-headed ideas”

befogged, befuddled

(adjective) stupefied by alcoholic drink; “the wino’s poor befuddled mind”; “a mind befogged with drink”

baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea

(adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; “obviously bemused by his questions”; “bewildered and confused”; “a cloudy and confounded philosopher”; “just a mixed-up kid”; “she felt lost on the first day of school”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

befuddled

simple past tense and past participle of befuddle

Adjective

befuddled (comparative more befuddled, superlative most befuddled)

confused or perplexed

drunk

Synonyms

• See also drunk

Source: Wiktionary


BEFUDDLE

Be*fud"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled]

Definition: To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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