fuddle

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: clutterjumblemuddlemare's nestweltersmotherbefuddledrinkboozeconfusethrowfox

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a confused multitude of thingsSynonyms: clutterjumblemuddlemare's nestweltersmother

Verb (3)

  1. make stupid with alcoholSynonyms: befuddle
  2. consume alcohol“We were up drinking all night”Synonyms: drinkbooze
  3. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly“These questions confuse even the experts”“This question completely threw me”“This question befuddled even the teacher”Synonyms: confusethrowfoxbefuddlebedevilconfounddiscombobulate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fuddling.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. Fuzzle.] To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. --Steele. [1913 Webster]

Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. i. To drink to excess. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
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