Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Befuddlement   Listen
Befuddlement

noun
1.
Confusion resulting from failure to understand.  Synonyms: bafflement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar





"Befuddlement" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the occasion of his eloping with the cook. His name was Carr, and his chief peculiarity, that he was so regular in his irregularities that he could always tell the time of day by the state of befuddlement that he was in. He would cock his head, think over his own symptoms, and then give you the hour fairly correctly. An unusual drink would disarrange him, however; and if you forced the pace in the morning, he would undress ...
— The Stark Munro Letters • J. Stark Munro



Words linked to "Befuddlement" :   disarray, confusedness, confusion, mental confusion, muddiness, befuddle



Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com