[ UK /bɪfˈʌdə‍l/ ]
[ US /bɪˈfədəɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
    These questions confuse even the experts
    This question befuddled even the teacher
    This question completely threw me
  2. make stupid with alcohol

How To Use befuddle In A Sentence

  • He was befuddled as he swilled the tea around in his mug
  • The kid smiled and vanished, leaving a befuddled scientist to wonder if he'd begun hallucinating.
  • This question befuddled even the teacher
  • Many people are puzzled by us, and their anxious befuddlement translates into crude stereotyping or, unconsciously perhaps, a refusal to see us at all. Where are all the lesbians?
  • At first they glanced at each other, befuddled by the albino girl who stood in nothing but a strapless nightgown.
  • He returned it with a high looping sidespin shot, the kind that could utterly befuddle a neophyte but would be a lost point against an experienced player. Robot Adept
  • Emerging after a bibulous evening, befuddled guests went to recover their coats, only to discover that some of them had ‘walked’.
  • Three beer-befuddled construction workers played softball with my head in a backstreet on the mistaken assumption that I was Tom Tunney.
  • When Miss Fiske wrote to inform me of her condition, I was utterly befuddled.
  • I forgot to tell you all this is set in one of my confused and befuddled future settings.
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