befuddle
verb
1 befuddle
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly:
— This question befuddled even the teacher.
synonyms: bedevil, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw.
Roget 959:
get drunk,
be drunk
etc.
adj.;
see double;
take a drop too much,
take a glass too much;
drink;
tipple,
tope,
booze,
bouse [Fr.],
guzzle,
swill [Slang],
soak [Slang],
sot,
bum [U.S.],
besot,
have a jag on,
have a buzz on,
lush [Slang],
bib,
swig,
carouse;
sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus†;
take to drinking;
drink hard,
drink deep,
drink like a fish;
have one's swill [Slang],
drain the cup,
splice the main brace,
take a hair of the dog that bit you.
liquor,
liquor up;
wet one's whistle,
take a whet;
crack a bottle,
pass the bottle;
toss off
etc.
(drink up)
298;
go to the alehouse,
go to the public house.
make one drunk
etc.
adj.;
inebriate,
fuddle,
befuddle,
fuzzle†,
get into one's head.
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Dutch: verslaan, verbazen, verwarren, in de war schoppen
2 befuddle
Make stupid with alcohol.
synonym: fuddle.
Moby thesaurus: addle, addle the wits, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, bemuse, besot, bewilder, bother, bug, cloud, confuse, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disorient, distract, disturb, embarrass, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, inebriate, intoxicate, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, throw into confusion, throw off, unsettle, upset ... show more.
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