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单词 fuddles
释义

fuddle

verb

fud·​dle ˈfə-dᵊl How to pronounce fuddle (audio)
fuddled; fuddling ˈfəd-liŋ How to pronounce fuddle (audio)
ˈfə-dᵊl-iŋ

intransitive verb

: booze, tipple

transitive verb

1
: to make drunk : intoxicate
2
: to make confused : muddle
corridors, archways, recesses … combined to fuddle any sense of direction Elizabeth Bowen

Synonyms

  • addle
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • bemuse
  • bewilder
  • buffalo
  • confound
  • confuse
  • discombobulate
  • disorient
  • flummox
  • fox
  • get
  • gravel
  • maze
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • mystify
  • perplex
  • pose
  • puzzle
  • vex
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Example Sentences

the hotel staff is completely fuddled by the guest's bizarre requests
Recent Examples on the Web In colliding with a new type of animal, a chemical that might once have served to fuddle the wits of pests has been transformed into a glittering lure. Gareth Cook, Scientific American, 24 June 2020

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

fuddles

verb

present tense third-person singular of fuddle
as in puzzles
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty the hotel staff is completely fuddled by the guest's bizarre requests

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • puzzles
  • baffles
  • confuses
  • bewilders
  • perplexes
  • bemuses
  • poses
  • befuddles
  • rattles
  • bothers
  • muddles
  • embarrasses
  • mazes
  • discombobulates
  • befogs
  • flummoxes
  • foxes
  • vexes
  • flusters
  • mystifies
  • confounds
  • gravels
  • stuns
  • upsets
  • disturbs
  • buffaloes
  • disorients
  • muddies
  • beats
  • addles
  • gets
  • bamboozles
  • discountenances
  • nonpluses
  • nonplusses
  • blows one's mind
  • weirds out
  • abashes
  • sticks
  • stumps
  • goes to one's head
  • discomposes
  • unsettles
  • cozens
  • distresses
  • discomfits
  • disconcerts
  • mortifies
  • fools
  • tricks
  • discomforts
  • disquiets
  • strings along
  • chagrins
  • agitates
  • dismays
  • unhinges
  • fazes
  • misguides
  • humbugs
  • gulls
  • takes in
  • dupes
  • misleads
  • perturbs
  • deceives
  • snows
  • hoaxes
  • deludes
  • beguiles
  • hoodwinks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • assures
  • satisfies
  • informs
  • reassures
  • enlightens
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