| Main Entry: | befuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, baffle, ball up, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | befuddled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
Synonyms: |
baffled, bewildered, dumbfounded, mixed up, slaphappy, stumped, stupefied |
Antonyms: |
clear, clearheaded |
| Main Entry: | befuddled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drunk |
Synonyms: |
bashed, drunken, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced, liquored up, plastered, plowed, sloshed, soused, stewed |
Antonyms: |
sober, straight |
| Main Entry: | addled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
Synonyms: |
balled up, befuddled, bewildered, fouled up, gone*, mixed up, out of it, punchy, rattled, shaken, shook, shook up, slap-happy, thrown, unglued, woozy |
| Notes: | addled refers to mental confusion; muddled is anything confused or in a mess |
Antonyms: |
clear, understanding |
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump, stun, throw |
Antonyms: |
clear up, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | bamboozle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool; cheat |
Synonyms: |
baffle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick |
Antonyms: |
be honest |
| Main Entry: | bewilder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor*, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, orient |
| Main Entry: | bewildered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
Synonyms: |
addled, agape, aghast, agog, appalled, astonished, astounded, awe-struck, awed, baffled, befuddled, bowled over, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, flipped out, floored, flustered, giddy, in a dither, lost, misled, muddled, mystified, perplexed, punchy, puzzled, rattled, reeling, shocked, shook up, speechless, staggered, startled, stumped, stunned, stupefied, surprised, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck, uncertain, unglued |
Antonyms: |
clear, oriented, understanding |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, becloud, befuddle, disorient, distort, distract, impair, muddle, muddy, obscure, perplex, puzzle |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, explicate |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder someone |
Synonyms: |
abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |