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How to pronounce befuddled in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms addled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded
Type Words
Synonyms befogged


the wino's poor befuddled mind.
Type Words
Synonyms at sea, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up

Examples of befuddled

befuddled
As a movement, we seem content to be dazzled and befuddled by the latest gizmos.
From the washingtontimes.com
So wrote befuddled Bostonian Henry Adams about his first trip to Europe in 1858.
From the time.com
Antitrust lawyers in Beijing were befuddled by the Ministry of Commerce's ruling.
From the time.com
He keeps us rooted in the perceptions of his befuddled, very likable protagonist.
From the washingtonpost.com
That behind his flaccid facade of befuddled calm was a focused mind marking time.
From the kentucky.com
She begins to tap the stock of sherry in the cellar and becomes a befuddled wino.
From the time.com
Bynum befuddled him with spin moves and drop steps in between thunderous dunks.
From the ocregister.com
A love-befuddled boy talks to a character from his favorite TV show on the phone.
From the time.com
Jorma Ollila, a holdover from an easy-going era, is a befuddled grinning chimp.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Confuse: 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"
  • Make stupid with alcohol
  • (befuddled) befogged: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink"
  • (befuddled) baffled: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
  • (befuddled) addled: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
  • To perplex or confuse (someone); to stupefy someone, especially with alcohol
  • (befuddled) confused or perplexed; drunk