Hypertext Webster Gateway: "befuddled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befuddled}]
To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
befuddled
adj 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}]
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