Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to befuddle
Participle: befuddled
Gerund: befuddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | befuddle |
| you | befuddle |
| he;she;it | befuddles |
| we | befuddle |
| you | befuddle |
| they | befuddle |
Perfect
| I | have befuddled |
| you | have befuddled |
| he;she;it | has befuddled |
| we | have befuddled |
| you | have befuddled |
| they | have befuddled |
Past
| I | befuddled |
| you | befuddled |
| he;she;it | befuddled |
| we | befuddled |
| you | befuddled |
| they | befuddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had befuddled |
| you | had befuddled |
| he;she;it | had befuddled |
| we | had befuddled |
| you | had befuddled |
| they | had befuddled |
Future
| I | will befuddle |
| you | will befuddle |
| he;she;it | will befuddle |
| we | will befuddle |
| you | will befuddle |
| they | will befuddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have befuddled |
| you | will have befuddled |
| he;she;it | will have befuddled |
| we | will have befuddled |
| you | will have befuddled |
| they | will have befuddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | befuddle |
| you | befuddle |
| he;she;it | befuddle |
| we | befuddle |
| you | befuddle |
| they | befuddle |
Perfect
| I | have befuddled |
| you | have befuddled |
| he;she;it | have befuddled |
| we | have befuddled |
| you | have befuddled |
| they | have befuddled |
Imperfect
| I | befuddled |
| you | befuddled |
| he;she;it | befuddled |
| we | befuddled |
| you | befuddled |
| they | befuddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had befuddled |
| you | had befuddled |
| he;she;it | had befuddled |
| we | had befuddled |
| you | had befuddled |
| they | had befuddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would befuddle |
| you | would befuddle |
| he;she;it | would befuddle |
| we | would befuddle |
| you | would befuddle |
| they | would befuddle |
Perfect
| I | would have befuddled |
| you | would have befuddled |
| he;she;it | would have befuddled |
| we | would have befuddled |
| you | would have befuddled |
| they | would have befuddled |
Imperative
| you | befuddle |
| we | Let's befuddle |
| you | befuddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'befuddle'
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 'befuddle'
bemuddle,
buddle,
fuddle,
refiddle,
remuddle,
bedole,
befile,
begirdle,
beguide,
beguile,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to render someone less able to understand
- baffle, bewilder, complicate, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, dumbfound, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flummox, jumble, knot, perplex, puzzle
- confuse
- muddle, intoxicate, inebriate, drug
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
6. Proto-Germanic *bider.
7. Proto-Germanic *bi-
8. Proto-West Germanic *bi-
9. Old English be-
10. Middle English bi-
11. English be-
12. English fuddle
13. English befuddle
14. From be- + fuddle.
Sample Sentences
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The explanation left him completely befuddled.
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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. [1916, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Nightmare”, in Jungle Tales of Tarzan, A. C. McClurg:]
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[…] to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain [1983, Basile Kerblay, Modern Soviet Society, page 290:]