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单词 fuddling
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

fuddling

verb

present participle of fuddle
as in puzzling
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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  • puzzling
  • baffling
  • perplexing
  • bewildering
  • confusing
  • muddling
  • rattling
  • befuddling
  • embarrassing
  • mystifying
  • flustering
  • bothering
  • vexing
  • bemusing
  • addling
  • bamboozling
  • confounding
  • posing
  • muddying
  • disturbing
  • disorienting
  • discombobulating
  • getting
  • flummoxing
  • graveling
  • stunning
  • upsetting
  • befogging
  • beating
  • foxing
  • mazing
  • gravelling
  • unsettling
  • sticking
  • stumping
  • buffaloing
  • distressing
  • disconcerting
  • blowing one's mind
  • discountenancing
  • agitating
  • mortifying
  • discomfiting
  • abashing
  • humbugging
  • perturbing
  • nonplussing
  • disquieting
  • misleading
  • fooling
  • unhinging
  • going to one's head
  • discomforting
  • tricking
  • dismaying
  • deluding
  • gulling
  • misguiding
  • discomposing
  • cozening
  • fazing
  • beguiling
  • weirding out
  • deceiving
  • nonplusing
  • hoaxing
  • duping
  • chagrining
  • hoodwinking
  • snowing
  • taking in
  • stringing along

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • satisfying
  • reassuring
  • assuring
  • informing
  • enlightening
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