befuddle
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bɪˈfʌdl/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌdl
Verb
befuddle (third-person singular simple present befuddles, present participle befuddling, simple past and past participle befuddled)
- (transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
- The explanation left him completely befuddled.
- (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 Thesaurus:confuse
Derived terms
Translations
perplex or confuse
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stupefy
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