Antonyms for befuddle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-fuhd-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈfʌd l |
Definition of befuddle
Origin :- "confuse," 1873, from be- + fuddle; originally "to confuse with strong drink or opium" (by 1832). An earlier word in the same sense was begunk (1725). Related: Befuddled; befuddling.
- verb confuse
- It is a flat public loss, another attempt to befuddle our thinking.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- He had been drinking alcolite; not enough to befuddle him—but enough to make him triumphantly talkative.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- Daniel Sands had no cosmic problems on his mind with which to befuddle young Perry.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of a Fool » by William Allen White
- But when an artist tells them of recondite principles in æsthetics they accuse him of an endeavour to befuddle them.
- Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright
- He had been drinking alcolite; not enough to befuddle him, but enough to make him triumphantly talkative.
- Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings
- I am willing to wager my soul, however, that that box is simply a hoax to befuddle us.
- Extract from : « The Million Dollar Mystery » by Harold MacGrath
- These Roman nights, with their garlic and incense, are apt to befuddle the brain,—rob it of its power to plot.
- Extract from : « Under the Witches' Moon » by Nathan Gallizier
Synonyms for befuddle
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