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befuddling
Overview of verb befuddle
The verb befuddle has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -- (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher")
2. befuddle, fuddle -- (make stupid with alcohol)
Antonyms of verb befuddle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb befuddle
2 senses of befuddle
Sense 1
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> be
Sense 2
befuddle, fuddle
=> intoxicate, soak, inebriate
=> affect
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb befuddle
1 of 2 senses of befuddle
Sense 1
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> demoralize
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> disorient, disorientate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb befuddle
2 senses of befuddle
Sense 1
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> be
Sense 2
befuddle, fuddle
=> intoxicate, soak, inebriate
'Cause To' of verb befuddle
Derived Forms of verb befuddle
1 of 2 senses of befuddle
Sense 1
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
RELATED TO>(noun) befuddlement#1
=> bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement
Domain of verb befuddle
Domain Terms of verb befuddle
Familiarity of verb befuddle
befuddle used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb befuddle
2 senses of befuddle
Sense 1
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
befuddle, fuddle
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb befuddle
2 senses of befuddle
Sense 1
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 2
befuddle, fuddle
> intoxicate, soak, inebriate
=> befuddle, fuddle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb befuddle
Sense 1
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> be
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Sense 2
befuddle, fuddle
=> intoxicate, soak, inebriate
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Grep of verb befuddle
befuddle
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