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BEFUDDLE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

Example:

This question befuddled even the teacher

Synonyms:

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "befuddle" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Verb group:

confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off (cause to feel embarrassment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "befuddle"):

demoralize (confuse or put into disorder)

amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex (be a mystery or bewildering to)

disorient; disorientate (cause to be lost or disoriented)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

befuddlement (confusion resulting from failure to understand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make stupid with alcohol

Synonyms:

befuddle; fuddle

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "befuddle" is one way to...):

inebriate; intoxicate; soak (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

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