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词汇 befuddle
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Definition of befuddle in English:

befuddle

verb bɪˈfʌd(ə)lbəˈfədl
[with object]usually as adjective befuddled
  • Cause to become unable to think clearly.

    使糊涂,使迷惑不解

    even in my befuddled state I could see that they meant trouble
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Who knows what little games he played in his mind before it became befuddled by morphine?
    • I do have to admit to being a little befuddled by what's going on in terms of the descriptions.
    • At first they glanced at each other, befuddled by the albino girl who stood in nothing but a strapless nightgown.
    • Brooke glanced around at the girls, whose befuddled faces told her how stupid this must have looked.
    • It befuddled me greatly because I couldn't remember doing anything wrong that night, at least not to him.
    • In our early days, my entering classmates were often befuddled by the kind of readings we were given.
    • Sarah felt something stir within her as she gazed at him, her eyes never leaving his and she was befuddled.
    • Riders overtake traffic, carving in and out of lanes as befuddled drivers bond in confusion with pedestrians.
    • I'm still befuddled by the speed with which these were produced, in a kitchen featuring two gas burners and one ancient electric mixer.
    • I opened the door and there was no teacher in sight, only several befuddled students.
    • Even then, the details of how I had gone and gotten myself a boyfriend befuddled me.
    • I was so stunned and momentarily befuddled it never even occurred to me to fire the second barrel.
    • This clarified things for the more befuddled viewers but reminded all that they were watching a dead person.
    • Clearly it exists, but it is befuddled, complex, and we all have a different idea about what it is.
    • A very befuddled teenager soon found himself pushed and locked out of the room.
    • I am as befuddled as you are when I try to read that deliberately abstruse text.
    • When Miss Fiske wrote to inform me of her condition, I was utterly befuddled.
    • The sport of boxing won big time as it again confused and befuddled it's critics.
    • I forgot to tell you all this is set in one of my confused and befuddled future settings.
    • She told me, her eyes widening with the mystery that befuddled me earlier.
    Synonyms
    confused, muddled, addled, bewildered, disoriented, disorientated, all at sea, mixed up, fazed, perplexed, stunned, dazed, dizzy, stupefied, groggy, foggy, fuzzy, fuddled, benumbed, numbed, numb, vague
    informal discombobulated, bamboozled, dopey, woolly, woolly-headed, muzzy, woozy, out of it

Derivatives

  • befuddlement

  • noun
    • Unable to comprehend, Amanda stared at Keira in utter astonishment and befuddlement.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And most times - after a moment or two of befuddlement and confusion - I saw that the computer gizmo was right.
      • All of these things cause my brain befuddlement, bemusement and general confusion.
      • You're skipping this paragraph, but my pleasure in recalling this production must overrule your bored befuddlement.
      • Or, at least, that's the plan, because what they've actually done is generate an amount of befuddlement and head-scratching.

Rhymes

cuddle, fuddle, huddle, muddle, puddle, ruddle

Definition of befuddle in US English:

befuddle

verbbəˈfədlbəˈfədl
[with object]usually as adjective befuddled
  • Make (someone) unable to think clearly.

    使糊涂,使迷惑不解

    he has an air of befuddled unworldliness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When Miss Fiske wrote to inform me of her condition, I was utterly befuddled.
    • I opened the door and there was no teacher in sight, only several befuddled students.
    • I was so stunned and momentarily befuddled it never even occurred to me to fire the second barrel.
    • Clearly it exists, but it is befuddled, complex, and we all have a different idea about what it is.
    • I'm still befuddled by the speed with which these were produced, in a kitchen featuring two gas burners and one ancient electric mixer.
    • It befuddled me greatly because I couldn't remember doing anything wrong that night, at least not to him.
    • I am as befuddled as you are when I try to read that deliberately abstruse text.
    • She told me, her eyes widening with the mystery that befuddled me earlier.
    • I forgot to tell you all this is set in one of my confused and befuddled future settings.
    • Brooke glanced around at the girls, whose befuddled faces told her how stupid this must have looked.
    • The sport of boxing won big time as it again confused and befuddled it's critics.
    • A very befuddled teenager soon found himself pushed and locked out of the room.
    • Riders overtake traffic, carving in and out of lanes as befuddled drivers bond in confusion with pedestrians.
    • Even then, the details of how I had gone and gotten myself a boyfriend befuddled me.
    • I do have to admit to being a little befuddled by what's going on in terms of the descriptions.
    • Who knows what little games he played in his mind before it became befuddled by morphine?
    • Sarah felt something stir within her as she gazed at him, her eyes never leaving his and she was befuddled.
    • At first they glanced at each other, befuddled by the albino girl who stood in nothing but a strapless nightgown.
    • In our early days, my entering classmates were often befuddled by the kind of readings we were given.
    • This clarified things for the more befuddled viewers but reminded all that they were watching a dead person.
    Synonyms
    confused, muddled, addled, bewildered, disoriented, disorientated, all at sea, mixed up, fazed, perplexed, stunned, dazed, dizzy, stupefied, groggy, foggy, fuzzy, fuddled, benumbed, numbed, numb, vague
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