Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To perplex, confuse (someone).

    The explanation left him completely befuddled.

    verwirren

    сбива́ть с толкуsbivátʹ s tolku

  2. (transitive)To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.

    berauschen

    одурманиватьodurmanivatʹ

    make stupid with alcohol

Examples

4 sentences

  1. These long legal documents befuddle me.

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  2. In the event that you can't persuade them, befuddle them.

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  3. That man over there looking all befuddled is a genius.

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  4. You seem befuddled.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
perplex or confuse:
stupefy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
perplex or confuse:
stupefy:

Forms

befuddles, befuddling, befuddled, befuddled
Base formbefuddle · to befuddle
3rd person singularbefuddles
Present participlebefuddling
Past simplebefuddled
Past participlebefuddled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybefuddle
he, she, itbefuddles

Past simpleLesson

all personsbefuddled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave befuddled
he, she, ithas befuddled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill befuddle

Synonyms

44 synonyms
loseA2stickB1throwA2bewilderB2complicateB1confuseA2dazzleB1blindB1knotB2muddyB2puzzleC1addlebafflevex
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedbefuddlement
Derivedbefuddledbefuddlerbefuddlingbefuzzleconfuddle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beforeA1beforehandC1befriendbegA2begetbeggar
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