Antonyms for fuddle
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fuhd-l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌd l |
- aid
- appease
- arrange
- assist
- balance
- bore
- calm
- cheer
- clarify
- clear up
- comfort
- compose
- delight
- educate
- encourage
- enlighten
- expect
- explain
- explicate
- facilitate
- help
- illuminate
- leave alone
- lull
- make happy
- make well
- order
- organize
- pacify
- please
- quiet
- reveal
- separate
- settle
- smooth
- soothe
- support
- tranquilize
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
- 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
- abash
- abrade
- addle
- agitate
- amaze
- anger
- annoy
- astonish
- astound
- baffle
- becloud
- bedevil
- befog
- befuddle
- bemuse
- benumb
- bewilder
- blind
- blur
- bluster
- bother
- browbeat
- bully
- chafe
- cloud
- clutter
- complicate
- conceal
- confound
- confuse
- cow
- craze
- darken
- daze
- dazzle
- dement
- demoralize
- derange
- disarrange
- disarray
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discommode
- discompose
- disconcert
- discountenance
- disorder
- disorganize
- disorient
- displace
- disquiet
- disrupt
- distract
- disturb
- dizzy
- down
- dumbfound
- embarrass
- excite
- faze
- flabbergast
- flip
- floor
- flummox
- flurry
- fluster
- fog
- fret
- frustrate
- fuddle
- gall
- get to
- harass
- hassle
- heat
- hurry
- intimidate
- involve
- irk
- jumble
- lead astray
- make nervous
- make waves
- mess up
- misinform
- mislead
- mix up
- mortify
- muddle
- muddy
- mystify
- needle
- nettle
- nonplus
- numb
- obscure
- overpower
- overwhelm
- paralyze
- peeve
- perplex
- perturb
- petrify
- provoke
- psych
- psych out
- put off
- put out
- puzzle
- rattle
- rattle one's cage
- render uncertain
- rock
- ruffle
- rummage
- shake up
- shame
- sicken
- spook
- stagger
- startle
- stir
- stir up
- stump
- stun
- stupefy
- surprise
- throw
- throw into tizzy
- throw off
- throw off balance
- torment
- trouble
- turn
- unbalance
- unhinge
- unnerve
- unsettle
- upset
- vex
- wear
- work up
- worry
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