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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: befogged, befuddled]
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, befuddled, 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, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see befuddle

Moby Thesaurus

addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, beclouded, cloudy, fogged, foggy, fuddlebrained, fuddled, hazy, in a fog, in a muddle, misted, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, muzzy, puzzleheaded