📖 Definitions of "Befuddle"
verb
- 1
To perplex, confuse (someone).
"The explanation left him completely befuddled."
- 2
To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.
🔄 Synonyms of "Befuddle"
7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| confoundverb | To perplex or puzzle. |
| throwverb | (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air. |
| confuseverb | (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand |
| foxnoun | A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups: |
| fuddlenoun | (transitive) To intoxicate. |
| bedevilverb | To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. |
| discombobulateverb | (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Befuddle"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| confoundverb | To perplex or puzzle. |
| fuddleverb | (transitive) To intoxicate. |
| confuseverb | (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand |
| discombobulateverb | (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex. |
| bedevilverb | To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. |
| throwverb | (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air. |
| foxverb | (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity. |
| addleverb | To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse. |
| bafflenoun | (countable, technology) A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether. |
| disorientverb | To confuse or befuddle. |
| mystifyverb | (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder. |
| bewilderverb | (transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices. |
| nonplusnoun | (obsolete) A state of bewilderment or perplexity. |
| amazenoun | (archaic) (except poetic, uncountable) Amazement, astonishment; (countable) an instance of this. |
| embarrassverb | (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash. |
| befogverb | To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties). |
| dizzifyverb | (nonstandard)To make dizzy; to render someone confused and flummoxed. |
| mess upverb | (transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin. |
| discomfitnoun | (transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert. |
| dumbfoundverb | (transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless. |
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