befuddled

from 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}]
    
from 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]
    
from 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]
    
from 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

    

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