Befuddle

//bɪˈfʌdl//

Synonyms for "befuddle" (94 found)

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Translations

30 translations across 13 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • обърквам verb (perplex or confuse)
  • опиянявам verb (stupefy)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 使困惑 verb (perplex or confuse)
  • 使迷惑 verb (perplex or confuse)

Czech

2 entries
  • omráčit verb (stupefy)
  • zmást verb (perplex or confuse)

Dutch

4 entries
  • verbazen verb (perplex or confuse)
  • verdoven verb (stupefy)
  • verdwazen verb (stupefy)
  • verwarren verb (perplex or confuse)

Finnish

4 entries
  • huumata verb (stupefy)
  • häkellyttää verb (perplex or confuse)
  • hämmentää verb (perplex or confuse)
  • päihdyttää verb (stupefy)

French

3 entries
  • brouiller verb (perplex or confuse)
  • confondre verb (perplex or confuse)
  • épater verb (perplex or confuse)

German

2 entries
  • berauschen verb (stupefy)
  • verwirren verb (perplex or confuse)

Ido

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  • konfundigar verb (perplex or confuse)

Italian

4 entries
  • annebbiare verb (stupefy)
  • confondere verb (perplex or confuse)
  • ingarbugliare verb (stupefy)
  • istupidire verb (stupefy)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • confundir verb (perplex or confuse)

Russian

2 entries
  • одурманивать verb (stupefy)
  • сбива́ть с толку verb (perplex or confuse)

Spanish

1 entries
  • confundir verb (perplex or confuse)

Swedish

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  • omtöckna verb (perplex or confuse)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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In the event that you can't persuade them, befuddle them.

Source: tatoeba (8032868)

These long legal documents befuddle me.

Source: tatoeba (11674360)

The explanation left him completely befuddled.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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