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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Befuddled}] To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
befuddled \befuddled\ adjective
1. dazed by alcoholic drink. the wino's poor befuddled mind
Syn: stupefied. [WordNet 1.5]
2. unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.
Syn: at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, mazed, mixed-up. [WordNet 1.5]
3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
Syn: addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
befuddled
adjective
1: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: {befogged}]
2: 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" [syn: {baffled}, {bemused}, {bewildered}, {confounded}, {confused}, {lost}, {mazed}, {mixed-up}, {at sea}]
3: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: {addled}, {muddled}, {muzzy}, {woolly}, {wooly}, {woolly-headed}, {wooly-minded}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "befuddled": addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, beclouded, cloudy, fogged, foggy, fuddlebrained, fuddled, hazy, in a fog, in a muddle, misted, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, muzzy, puzzleheaded
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