befuddle
[bih-fuhd-l]
verb (used with object), be·fud·dled, be·fud·dling.
to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
to make stupidly drunk.
Origin of befuddle
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dumbfound, bewilder, puzzle, muddle, distract, baffle, daze, stupefy, fluster, intoxicate, disorient, inebriate, bother, addle, shakeExamples from the Web for befuddle
Contemporary Examples of befuddle
I suspect this will buoy liberal spirits, but anger the right and befuddle the independents.
Historical Examples of befuddle
It is a flat public loss, another attempt to befuddle our thinking.
A Preface to PoliticsWalter Lippmann
He had been drinking alcolite; not enough to befuddle him—but enough to make him triumphantly talkative.
Daniel Sands had no cosmic problems on his mind with which to befuddle young Perry.
In the Heart of a FoolWilliam Allen White
But when an artist tells them of recondite principles in æsthetics they accuse him of an endeavour to befuddle them.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
He had been drinking alcolite; not enough to befuddle him, but enough to make him triumphantly talkative.
Brigands of the MoonRay Cummings
befuddle
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