"befuddled" meaning in English

See befuddled in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-befuddled.wav Forms: more befuddled [comparative], most befuddled [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} befuddled (comparative more befuddled, superlative most befuddled)
  1. confused or perplexed Translations (confused or perplexed): stomverbaasd (Dutch), perplex (Dutch), in de war (Dutch), verwirrt (German), desorientiert (German)
    Sense id: en-befuddled-en-adj-EFiPho2j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 11 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 0 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 0 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 0 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 88 0 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 7 13 Disambiguation of 'confused or perplexed': 100 0
  2. drunk Translations (drunk): verdoofd (Dutch), dronken (Dutch), zat [Flemish] (Dutch), angetrunken (German), betrunken (German)
    Sense id: en-befuddled-en-adj-Bbi3nupQ Disambiguation of 'drunk': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: befuddledness, confuddled, unbefuddled

Verb

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  1. simple past and past participle of befuddle Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: befuddle
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