[
US
/ˈfʊdəɫ/
]
[ UK /fˈʌdəl/ ]
[ UK /fˈʌdəl/ ]
NOUN
- a confused multitude of things
VERB
-
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 -
consume alcohol
We were up drinking all night - make stupid with alcohol
How To Use fuddle In A Sentence
- Pain, cold, and exhaustion fuddled Sara's mind, but she managed to recall the last thing that had happened.
- He was befuddled as he swilled the tea around in his mug
- Muses that ever fuddled the brain of a garreteer! Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life
- At elections, when our minds are fuddled by fudged facts and slanted statistics, we ordinary mugs need merely study the smooth political faces on the television - and sniff.
- They thought he was an old has-been, that the fever had fuddled his wits, that his weeks of near-starvation had starved his brain-tissue into comatose stasis.
- It always seemed to me that a goot fuddler must be a man of sentiment, but ye are the exception, Tonal ', that proves the rule. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice
- The kid smiled and vanished, leaving a befuddled scientist to wonder if he'd begun hallucinating.
- I have no sympathy," replied Prudence, "with a man who deliberately fuddles himself with strong drink. The Ragged Edge
- 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?