| 单词 | befuddled |
| 释义 | befuddled (once / 16485 pages) adj When you're befuddled, you're bewildered, confused, lost, or mixed-up. In other words, you don't know what's going on. A befuddled person is so confused that they just can't understand or figure something out. Or they've had way too much to drink. A difficult math problem could leave you befuddled. If your teacher showed up in a gorilla suit one day, you'd probably be pretty befuddled. Things that are vague and perplexing can also be described as befuddled, like a speech that makes no sense. WORD FAMILYbefuddle: befuddled, befuddlement, befuddles, befuddling+/befuddlement: befuddlements USAGE EXAMPLESAre there any heroes anymore, even the tainted, befuddled kind? Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Vance, “The Hillbilly Elegy”: Liberals befuddled by Trump’s victory turned to Vance’s memoir about his relatives in rural Kentucky and Ohio’s rust belt. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) The Rams were befuddled by the offense’s struggles, pointing to a good week of practice that never carried over to game day. Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016) 1adj perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment Syn at sea, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up perplexed full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment 2adj confused and vague; used especially of thinking Syn addled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded confused mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently 3adj stupefied by alcoholic drink the wino's poor befuddled mind Syn befogged confused mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently |
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