befuddle – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
befuddle
v.
confuse, confound
befuddle
Verb
1. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
(synonym) confuse, throw, fox, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) demoralize
(verb-group) confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
(derivation) bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement
2. make stupid with alcohol
(synonym) fuddle
(hypernym) intoxicate, soak, inebriate
Befuddle
(v. t.)
To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
befuddle
Synonyms and related words:
addle, addle the wits, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, bemuse, besot, bewilder, bother, bug, cloud, confuse, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disorient, distract, disturb, embarrass, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, inebriate, intoxicate, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, throw into confusion, throw off, unsettle, upset,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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