befuddled

4 definitions found

befuddled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled]
     To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
     [1913 Webster]

  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]

befuddled - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  befuddled
      adj 1: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled
             mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: befogged,
             befuddled]
      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,
         befuddled, 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, befuddled,
         muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed,
         wooly-minded]

befuddled - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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