befuddle

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bɪˈfʌdl/

  Rhymes: -ʌdl

Verb

befuddle (third-person singular simple present befuddles, present participle befuddling, simple past and past participle befuddled)

1. (transitive) to perplex or confuse (someone)

   The explanation left him completely befuddled.

2. (transitive) to stupefy someone, especially with alcohol
   • 1983, Basile Kerblay, Modern Soviet Society, page 290

     ... to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:confuse

Translations

perplex or confuse

Bulgarian: обърквам (bg) Czech: zmást (cs) Dutch: verbazen (nl), verwarren (nl) Finnish: hämmentää (fi), häkellyttää (fi)

German: verwirren (de) Italian: perplesso (it) Russian: сбивать с толку (ru)

stupefy

Bulgarian: опиянявам (bg) Czech: omráčit Dutch: verdwazen (nl), verdoven (nl)

Finnish: huumata (fi), päihdyttää (fi) German: berauschen Russian: одурманивать (ru)