Antonyms for fuddle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fuhd-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌd l

Definition of fuddle

Origin : 1580s, originally "to get drunk," later "to confuse as though with drink" (c.1600), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Low German fuddeln "work in a slovenly manner (as if drunk)," from fuddle "worthless cloth." The more common derivative befuddle appeared 1887. Related: Fuddled; fuddling.

As in obfuscate : verb confuse
As in ruffle : verb upset, irritate
As in unsettle : verb bother, upset
As in addle : verb confuse
As in discombobulate : verb confuse
As in confuse : verb bewilder someone
As in daze : verb confuse, shock
As in fluster : verb upset, perturb

Example sentences :

You'll give a body a furlough, by the way of blowing off the fuddle he has on hand?
Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams

One day Mr. Kordé had drunk himself into an unusual state of fuddle.
Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Maurus Jkai

But there is no doubt that the lion of the evening was—the “fuddle.”
Extract from : « The Walrus Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne

Thee-ing and thou-ing till it is enough to fuddle a sober man's wits.
Extract from : « The Great Quest » by Charles Boardman Hawes

Nazinred and Mozwa had never seen anything of the kind before, or heard the strains of a “fuddle.”
Extract from : « The Walrus Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne

His head was a fuddle of bushy hair and whiskers, from which his eyes peered with a guilty slant.
Extract from : « The Open Boat and Other Stories » by Stephen Crane

We shall want very clear heads for what's in front of us, and I'm not going to fuddle mine for a commencement.
Extract from : « A Master of Fortune » by Cutcliffe Hyne

Now you'll hear something you might have heard that first night when I had to fuddle you with tales of a seizure.
Extract from : « Ewing\'s Lady » by Harry Leon Wilson

Because he eats tallow candles and is happy when he can fuddle himself on bad liquor.
Extract from : « Violence and the Labor Movement » by Robert Hunter

Hamla Ombashi is a corporal of the transport service, and "fuddle" is to sit down.
Extract from : « Khartoum Campaign, 1898 » by Bennet Burleigh

Synonyms for fuddle

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