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Adjective befuddled has 3 senses
- befogged, befuddled - stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink"
Antonyms: clearheaded, clear-thinking (indirect, via confused)
- baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea - 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"
Antonym: unperplexed (indirect, via perplexed)
- addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded - confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
Antonyms: clearheaded, clear-thinking (indirect, via confused)
Verb befuddle has 2 senses
- confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate - 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"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- befuddle, fuddle - make stupid with alcohol
--2 is one way to intoxicate, soak, inebriate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
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