befog
verb
be·fog bi-ˈfȯg 
-ˈfäg,
bē-
befogged; befogging; befogs
transitive verb
1
: confuse
2
: fog, obscure
Synonyms
- becloud
- blur
- cloud
- confuse
- fog
- muddy
- obfuscate
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Example Sentences
the professor's convoluted explanation only befogged the textbook's presentation of this scientific principle the morning murk befogged our view of the harbor
Recent Examples on the Web But the Taycan's launch control hits harder than the Model S's, smacking us with 1.3 g's of initial acceleration long enough to befog our noggin. 
Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2020 This is the point where accidentally interacting with passerby distracted by their smartphones, their attention equally befogged by another kind of augmented reality, could result in a very bad ending. Matt Peckham, Time, 23 June 2017 The detective blames Nichols, the self-aggrandizing adviser who convinced the Cabazons to build a casino, for conjuring the intrigue that continued to befog the case long after his death. Andrew Rice, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2011
Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2020 This is the point where accidentally interacting with passerby distracted by their smartphones, their attention equally befogged by another kind of augmented reality, could result in a very bad ending. Matt Peckham, Time, 23 June 2017 The detective blames Nichols, the self-aggrandizing adviser who convinced the Cabazons to build a casino, for conjuring the intrigue that continued to befog the case long after his death. Andrew Rice, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2011 Word History
First Known Use
1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1
befogged 1 of 2
adjective
1
as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension the befogged air of the construction site was so clogged with dust that I starting coughing Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hazy
- clouded
- misty
- murky
- foggy
- beclouded
- rainy
- cloudy
- gauzy
- smoggy
- smoky
- thick
- milky
- muddy
- brumous
- soupy
- turbid
- miasmic
- overcast
- miasmatic
- slimy
- miasmal
- stormy
- slushy
- mucky
- opaque
- miry
- smudgy
- sooty
- dirty
- filmy
- smokey
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- clear
- limpid
- cloudless
- unclouded
- bright
- pellucid
- clean
- sunny
- fair
- transparent
- translucent
- sunshiny
- clement
2
as in bewildered
suffering from mental confusion became hopelessly befogged after trying to understand the instructions for the latest handheld device Synonyms & Similar Words
- bewildered
- dazed
- confused
- distracted
- dizzy
- stunned
- fogged
- befuddled
- stupefied
- muddleheaded
- bemused
- addled
- raddled
- silly
- addle
- confounded
- bedeviled
- muzzy
- spacey
- zonked
- addlepated
- at sea
- pixilated
- dopey
- unconscious
- pixillated
- slaphappy
- bushed
- punchy
- punch-drunk
- dopy
- out of it
- mixed-up
- zonked-out
- spacy
- shell-shocked
- spaced
- spaced-out
- senseless
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- conscious
- clearheaded
- alert
befogged
2 of 2verb
1
as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding the professor's convoluted explanation only befogged the textbook's presentation of this scientific principle Synonyms & Similar Words
- confused
- clouded
- fogged
- beclouded
- blurred
- obfuscated
- muddied
- complicated
- disrupted
- perplexed
- sophisticated
- disarranged
- muddled
- jumbled
- snarled
- tangled
- disheveled
- disarrayed
- disordered
- discomposed
- entangled
- upset
- dishevelled
- scrambled
- tousled
- disturbed
- shuffled
- mixed (up)
- messed (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- clarified
- illuminated
- cleared (up)
- simplified
- disentangled
- unraveled
- streamlined
- deciphered
- analyzed
- straightened (out)
- untangled
- undid
- broke down
- decoded
- unscrambled
2
as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct the morning murk befogged our view of the harbor Synonyms & Similar Words
- obscured
- blurred
- darkened
- clouded
- fogged
- bleared
- shrouded
- blackened
- beclouded
- dimmed
- overshadowed
- misted
- hazed
- overcast
- shadowed
- bedimmed
- overclouded
- concealed
- shaded
- obliterated
- adumbrated
- dislimned
- eclipsed
- covered
- hid
- fuzzed (up)
- veiled
- curtained
- masked
- cloaked
- disguised
- camouflaged
- blotted out
- screened
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lit (up)
- illuminated
- brightened
- lighted (up)
- illumined
- revealed
- exposed
- lightened
- uncovered
- unveiled
3
as in puzzled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty completely befogged by the sudden change of subject Synonyms & Similar Words
- bewildered
- puzzled
- baffled
- perplexed
- confused
- fuddled
- befuddled
- addled
- muddled
- vexed
- disoriented
- discombobulated
- confounded
- mystified
- bemused
- mazed
- flummoxed
- rattled
- bamboozled
- embarrassed
- muddied
- flustered
- disturbed
- bothered
- stunned
- foxed
- posed
- unsettled
- graveled
- vext
- buffaloed
- upset
- got
- gravelled
- agitated
- went to one's head
- disconcerted
- discomfited
- nonplussed
- stuck
- beat
- stumped
- disquieted
- blew one's mind
- abashed
- discomforted
- discomposed
- distressed
- discountenanced
- mortified
- deluded
- nonplused
- perturbed
- misguided
- fazed
- dismayed
- unhinged
- humbugged
- chagrined
- misled
- gulled
- beguiled
- hoodwinked
- deceived
- fooled
- cozened
- tricked
- weirded out
- strung along
- duped
- snowed
- took in
- hoaxed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- assured
- satisfied
- informed
- reassured
- enlightened
- stressed skin
- stressed-out
- stresses
- stressful
- stressfuler
- stressfulest
- stressfuller
- stressfullest
- stressfully
- stressfulness
- stressfulnesses
- stressing
- stressless
- stresslessness
- stresslessnesses
- stressor
- stressors
- stretch
- stretch (out)
- stretch a point
- stretch credulity
- stretch it
- stretch limo
- stretch limousine
- stretch marks