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

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019