Adjective
Confused or perplexed.
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But Yancey Goree was not thinking of feuds. His befuddled brain was hopelessly attacking the problem of the future maintenance of himself and his favourite follies.
Gracious, man, are you so befuddled in your old books that you don't see what's going on round you?
Rather smartly, DiCaprio chooses a character he hasn’t played before; a befuddled and dumb man who keeps getting himself in trouble.
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In my favorite Meta A.I. ad, a woman tells her boyfriend that she’s excited to have him meet her parents — before impishly mentioning that her father is a thermodynamicist at NASA. The befuddled boyfriend rushes home, phone in hand. “Hey Meta,” he asks. “What the heck is a thermodynamicist?”
Drunk
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His head rested upon his two hands, as if he were befuddled with wine, but at the harsh sound of the snapping bolts he raised his face and looked angrily around him.
Adjective
stupefied by alcoholic drink
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the wino's poor befuddled mind
a mind befogged with drink
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
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obviously bemused by his questions
bewildered and confused
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a cloudy and confounded philosopher
just a mixed-up kid
she felt lost on the first day of school
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
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muddleheaded ideas
your addled little brain
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woolly thinking
woolly-headed ideas