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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. stupefied by alcoholic drink;
- Example: "the wino's poor befuddled mind"
- Example: "a mind befogged with drink"
[syn: befogged, befuddled]

2. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment;
- Example: "obviously bemused by his questions"
- Example: "bewildered and confused"
- Example: "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"
- Example: "just a mixed-up kid"
- Example: "she felt lost on the first day of school"
[syn: baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]

3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
- Example: "muddleheaded ideas"
- Example: "your addled little brain"
- Example: "woolly thinking"
- Example: "woolly-headed ideas"
[syn: addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled]
   To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

befuddled \befuddled\ adj.
   1. dazed by alcoholic drink. the wino's poor befuddled mind

   Syn: stupefied.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.

   Syn: at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused,
        mazed, mixed-up.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking.

   Syn: addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly,
        wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

befuddled
    adj 1: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled
           mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: befogged,
           befuddled]
    2: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;
       filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his
       questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and
       confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt
       lost on the first day of school" [syn: baffled,
       befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
       confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
    3: confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
       "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly
       thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: addled, befuddled,
       muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed,
       wooly-minded]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "befuddled":
   addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, beclouded, cloudy,
   fogged, foggy, fuddlebrained, fuddled, hazy, in a fog, in a muddle,
   misted, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, muzzy, puzzleheaded