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befuddle

/bɪˈfʌd.əl/

befuddleverb

befuddled

Past Simple

befuddled

Past Participle

befuddling

Gerund

/bɪˈfʌd.əl/

Translations

The complex instructions befuddled the new employees.

Les instructions complexes ont déboussolé les nouveaux employés.

Additional translations

abrutirS’emploie surtout pour l’effet d’un alcool ou d’une substance stupéfiante.

Definitions

To confuse or perplex someone.

The complex instructions befuddled the new employees.

To stupefy or make someone unable to think clearly, especially through alcohol or another intoxicant.

The strong punch befuddled the guests by the end of the evening.

Synonyms

befuddlepast participle

Definitions

Confused and unable to think clearly.

After the long flight, the befuddled passengers wandered aimlessly through the terminal.