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BEFUDDLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does befuddled mean?
• BEFUDDLED (adjective)
The adjective BEFUDDLED has 3 senses:
1. stupefied by alcoholic drink
2. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking
Familiarity information: BEFUDDLED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stupefied by alcoholic drink
Synonyms:
befogged; befuddled
Context example:
a mind befogged with drink
Similar:
confused (mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Synonyms:
at sea; baffled; befuddled; bemused; bewildered; confounded; confused; lost; mazed; mixed-up
Context example:
she felt lost on the first day of school
Similar:
perplexed (full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking
Synonyms:
addled; befuddled; muddled; muzzy; woolly; woolly-headed; wooly; wooly-minded
Context example:
woolly-headed ideas
Similar:
confused (mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently)
Context examples
But it was the multiplicity of laws that befuddled White Fang and often brought him into disgrace.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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