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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befuddled}]
     To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  befuddled \befuddled\ adj.
     1. dazed by alcoholic drink. the wino's poor befuddled mind
  
     Syn: stupefied.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.
  
     Syn: at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused,
          mazed, mixed-up.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
  
     Syn: addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly,
          wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  befuddled
       adj 1: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled
              mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: {befogged}]
       2: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;
          filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his
          questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and
          confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt
          lost on the first day of school" [syn: {baffled}, {bemused},
           {bewildered}, {confounded}, {confused}, {lost}, {mazed},
          {mixed-up}, {at sea}]
       3: confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
          "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly
          thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: {addled}, {muddled},
           {muzzy}, {woolly}, {wooly}, {woolly-headed}, {wooly-minded}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "befuddled":
     addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, beclouded, cloudy,
     fogged, foggy, fuddlebrained, fuddled, hazy, in a fog, in a muddle,
     misted, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, muzzy, puzzleheaded
  
  

















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