'Befuddled' definitions:
Definition of 'befuddled'
From: WordNet
adjective
Stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: befogged, befuddled]
adjective
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, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
adjective
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded]
Definition of 'Befuddled'
From: GCIDE
- Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled] To becloud and confuse, as with liquor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'befuddled'
From: GCIDE
- befuddled \befuddled\ adj.
- 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]
Synonyms of 'befuddled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addlebrained,
- addled,
- addleheaded,
- addlepated,
- beclouded,
- cloudy,
- fogged,
- foggy,
- fuddlebrained,
- fuddled,
- hazy,
- in a fog,
- in a muddle,
- misted,
- misty,
- muddled,
- muddleheaded,
- muzzy,
- puzzleheaded