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Befogged   Listen
verb
Befog  v. t.  (past & past part. befogged; pres. part. befogging)  
1.
To involve in a fog; mostly as a participle or part. adj.
2.
Hence: To confuse; to mystify.


adjective
befogged  adj.  Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. "A mind befogged with drink"
Synonyms: addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.





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"Befogged" Quotes from Famous Books



... Miss Preston was the teacher, and it was her custom to have each of her little pupils repeat a half dozen verses or so, which she explained to them in a very clear manner. The children did not always understand her, however; and you shall see hereafter how Dotty's queer little brain grew befogged. The last clause of one of ...
— Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's • Sophie May
... befogged boy, holding the doomed bill between his thumb and finger, and staring gloomily at the flickering candle. At last the look of indecision vanished, and he began rapid preparations for ...
— Three People • Pansy
... he bought two fat doughnuts and a piece of apple pie at a wayside log house. He munched his humble fare with a gusto he had not known for years. The jolting, the shaking, the tossing had started his sluggish blood and cleared his business-befogged brain. His food was spiced with the aroma of the hemlocks, and when they took to the road again ...
— The Rainy Day Railroad War • Holman Day
... because he did not know the roads he travelled. The last signpost he had passed, however, had given him his cue again, and he began to feel something of security. Confound the rain! The best road was slippery with it, and the haze of it made a man's mind feel befogged and lowered his spirits horribly—discouraged him—would worry him into an ill humour even if he had reason to be in a good one. As for him, he had no reason for cheerfulness—he never had for the matter ...
— The Shuttle • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... burden, then urging her to her feet led her in front of Taffadaln, who, a little at sea as to the proceedings, was marking time with her head. The same thing happened to the black animal, and then with a swiftness which thoroughly befogged the small brain of all this trouble, the leathered thong across her soft muzzle was tightened to the verge of cruelty, and the reins twisted twice round the back of the head, and then knotted to the leading reins ...
— Desert Love • Joan Conquest


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