vverb.cognitionbe confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearlySynset:bedevil befuddle confound confuse discombobulate fox fuddle throw
Examples:- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
Derivationally Related Form:discombobulationbefuddlementconfusion
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:confusebe
Direct Hyponyms:amazebafflebeatbewilderdemoralizedisorientdisorientatedumbfoundflummoxgetgravelmystifynonplusperplexposepuzzlestickstupefyvex
Full Troponyms:beggardefydemoralizedisorienteludeperplexriddlestump
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: bedevil, confound)
vverb.consumptionmake stupid with alcoholSynset:befuddle fuddle
Hypernyms:inebriate intoxicate soak
Inherited Hypernyms:befuddleintoxicateaffectchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
adj satadj.allstupefied by alcoholic drinkSynset:befogged
Examples:- the wino's poor befuddled mind
- a mind befogged with drink
Antonyms:clearheaded
Inherited Hypernyms:befogged
Similar to:confused
adj satadj.allperplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewildermentSynset:at sea baffled bemused bewildered confounded confused lost mazed mixed-up
Examples:- obviously bemused by his questions
- bewildered and confused
- a cloudy and confounded philosopher
- just a mixed-up kid
- she felt lost on the first day of school
Antonyms:unperplexed
Derivationally Related Form:confusedness
Inherited Hypernyms:baffled
Similar to:perplexed
adj satadj.allconfused and vague; used especially of thinkingSynset:addled muddled muzzy woolly woolly-headed wooly wooly-minded
Examples:- muddleheaded ideas
- your addled little brain
- woolly thinking
- woolly-headed ideas
Antonyms:clearheaded
Inherited Hypernyms:addled
Similar to:confused