befuddle
Collocations
3ADJ.
drunk, legal, long
VERB + BEFUDDLE
can't, documents, get, persuade
BEFUDDLE + NOUN
brain
Definitions
verb
To perplex, confuse (someone).
The explanation left him completely befuddled.
Slowly the ape-man picked out the meaning of the various combinations of letters on the printed page, and as he read, the little bugs, for as such he always thought of the letters, commenced to run about in a most confusing manner, blurring his vision and befuddling his thoughts.
To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.
[…] to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain
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5The explanation left him completely befuddled.
WiktionarySlowly the ape-man picked out the meaning of the various combinations of letters on the printed page, and as he read, the little bugs, for as such he always thought of the letters, commenced to run ab
Wiktionary[…] to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain
WiktionaryIn the event that you can't persuade them, befuddle them.
Tatoeba · #8032868These long legal documents befuddle me.
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