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for befuddled
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled]
To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
befuddled \befuddled\ adj.
1. dazed by alcoholic drink. the wino's poor befuddled mind
Syn: stupefied.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.
Syn: at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused,
mazed, mixed-up.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
Syn: addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly,
wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
befuddled
adj 1: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled
mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: befogged,
befuddled]
2: 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" [syn: baffled,
befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
3: confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
"muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly
thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: addled, befuddled,
muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed,
wooly-minded]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "befuddled":
addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, beclouded, cloudy,
fogged, foggy, fuddlebrained, fuddled, hazy, in a fog, in a muddle,
misted, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, muzzy, puzzleheaded
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