bemuddle

American  

[bih-muhd-l] / bɪˈmʌd l /

verb (used with object)

bemuddled, bemuddling

1. to muddle or confuse (someone).

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Etymology

Origin of bemuddle

First recorded in 1860–65; be- + muddle

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bemuddle bemuddled

But some modern sources of information have served at first to bemuddle, and then when more carefully sifted, to clear up the story.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by John Fiske

And then, as if to justify his choice, he made of the flaccid Manfred a deeply despairing hero and touched the bemuddled Cervantes knight with the tenderness of a great comedian.

From Time Magazine Archive

The person who, like myself, thinks Satchells, with his "It fell about the Martinmas," knew a ballad vaguely, believes that Satchells HAD some ballad sources bemuddled in his old memory.

From Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Andrew Lang

The driver of a four-wheeled cab, his purple bemuddled face lighting up with a dull sort of humour, gave him a facetious invitation to get inside the tumble-down old vehicle.

From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by William Black

And here is Hoteï's wife, the goddess-queen Yoka herself—the real masquerader behind that mystic veil which has so enveloped and bemuddled the mind of poor Wilderspin.

From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton

I am the most miserable, bemuddled, stupid dog in all England, and am ready to cry with vexation at my blindness and presumption.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin

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