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Befuddled   Listen
adjective
befuddled  adj.  
1.
Dazed by alcoholic drink. "The wino's poor befuddled mind"
Synonyms: stupefied.
2.
Unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.
Synonyms: at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, mazed, mixed-up.
3.
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
Synonyms: addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.





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"Befuddled" Quotes from Famous Books



... was not thinking of feuds. His befuddled brain was hopelessly attacking the problem of the future maintenance of himself and his favourite follies. Of late, old friends of the family had seen to it that he had whereof to eat and a place to sleep—but whiskey they ...
— Whirligigs • O. Henry
... Their minds befuddled, the rest of the men watched dully. The women huddled together in a corner, whimpering. They were a sorry lot after all, thought Karl. He was no longer Peter Van Dorn, and he thrilled to the joy ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 • Various
... into that magnate's own room in search of his arms and clothing, and thereby roused a heavily sleeping soldier, who damned him savagely until, through wild raving, he gathered that some grave danger menaced Captain Ray. Even his befuddled senses could fathom that! And while guards and nurses bore the patient, shrieking and struggling, back to hospital, Kennedy soused his hot head in the cooling waters of their frontier lavatory and was off like a ...
— A Daughter of the Sioux - A Tale of the Indian frontier • Charles King
... greater ability than integrity. When he had finished, even the anti-machine members of the Committee were completely befuddled. Walker, one of the members of the Committee who is not a lawyer, groped in utter darkness thereafter, until he finally stumbled into the arms of Eddie Wolfe and Frank Leavitt and Jere Burke, when the final vote on the railroad bills was taken. It was Walker's only stumble of the session. ...
— Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 • Franklin Hichborn
... concentrating so deeply he had not heard anyone come up, and the voice, speaking so suddenly right before him, startled and befuddled him. He looked up, and his mind felt sluggish and weak, almost as though ...
— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans


Words linked to "Befuddled" :   addled, mazed, wooly-minded, wooly, at sea, bewildered, woolly, bemused, confused, muzzy, mixed-up, perplexed


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