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

Pola repeated his word several times as though the very sound ought to convey some idea to my bemuddled brain, and then a bright idea struck him.

From The Spinner's Book of Fiction by Various

By stirring M. Renan's bemuddled pool, Mr. Rogers has only bemuddled it the more.

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske

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

And some of 'em are as shallow as any puddle you'll find along the road, only they're so bemuddled you can't see to the bottom of 'em.

From Bulldog And Butterfly From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by David Christie Murray

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