Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fuddle
Participle: fuddled
Gerund: fuddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fuddle |
| you | fuddle |
| he;she;it | fuddles |
| we | fuddle |
| you | fuddle |
| they | fuddle |
Perfect
| I | have fuddled |
| you | have fuddled |
| he;she;it | has fuddled |
| we | have fuddled |
| you | have fuddled |
| they | have fuddled |
Past
| I | fuddled |
| you | fuddled |
| he;she;it | fuddled |
| we | fuddled |
| you | fuddled |
| they | fuddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had fuddled |
| you | had fuddled |
| he;she;it | had fuddled |
| we | had fuddled |
| you | had fuddled |
| they | had fuddled |
Future
| I | will fuddle |
| you | will fuddle |
| he;she;it | will fuddle |
| we | will fuddle |
| you | will fuddle |
| they | will fuddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fuddled |
| you | will have fuddled |
| he;she;it | will have fuddled |
| we | will have fuddled |
| you | will have fuddled |
| they | will have fuddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fuddle |
| you | fuddle |
| he;she;it | fuddle |
| we | fuddle |
| you | fuddle |
| they | fuddle |
Perfect
| I | have fuddled |
| you | have fuddled |
| he;she;it | have fuddled |
| we | have fuddled |
| you | have fuddled |
| they | have fuddled |
Imperfect
| I | fuddled |
| you | fuddled |
| he;she;it | fuddled |
| we | fuddled |
| you | fuddled |
| they | fuddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had fuddled |
| you | had fuddled |
| he;she;it | had fuddled |
| we | had fuddled |
| you | had fuddled |
| they | had fuddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fuddle |
| you | would fuddle |
| he;she;it | would fuddle |
| we | would fuddle |
| you | would fuddle |
| they | would fuddle |
Perfect
| I | would have fuddled |
| you | would have fuddled |
| he;she;it | would have fuddled |
| we | would have fuddled |
| you | would have fuddled |
| they | would have fuddled |
Imperative
| you | fuddle |
| we | Let's fuddle |
| you | fuddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'fuddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fuddle'
buddle,
cuddle,
faddle,
feddle,
fiddle,
fuaddle,
furdle,
guddle,
huddle,
muddle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1588, originally "to get drunk," later "to confuse as though with drink" (c.1600), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Low Ger. fuddeln "work in a slovenly manner (as if drunk)," from fuddle "worthless cloth." The more common derivative befuddle appeared 1887.
2. Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).
Sample Sentences
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She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food [1973, “A Rum Tale”, in Grand Hotel, performed by Procol Harum:]
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If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […] [1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 33, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:]
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There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer. [1863, Henry Walter Bates, chapter IV, in The Naturalist on the River Amazons, volume 1:]
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Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man! [1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book:]