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befuddle
[ bih-fuhd-l ]
verb (used with object)
- to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments:
politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to make stupidly drunk.
befuddle
/ ²úɪˈ´ÚÊŒ»åÉ™±ô /
verb
- to confuse, muddle, or perplex
- to make stupid with drink
Derived Forms
- ²ú±ðˈ´Ú³Ü»å»å±ô±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú±ð·´Ú³Ü»å·»å±ô±ð°ù noun
- ²ú±ð·´Ú³Ü»å·»å±ô±ð·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Intricate pre-plotted plays befuddle defences with a blizzard of runners, while they shift the ball with a cardsharp's speed and dexterity.
People were befuddled by Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making passion project, a rococo take on the collapse of an empire.
That’s all nonsense too, but I remain especially befuddled by the insinuation that it’s somehow sinister or unpatriotic for “entities†“controlled†by “domestic companies†to oppose tariffs.
They have all portrayed Dr. John Watson, the inquisitive physician and sometimes befuddled companion to legendary detective Sherlock Holmes.
Dozier argued, however, that Sindle had been so befuddled and contradictory on the stand that the jury likely didn’t believe her anyway, rendering it moot that her testimony was both false and given under duress.
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