Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bemuddle
Participle: bemuddled
Gerund: bemuddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bemuddle |
| you | bemuddle |
| he;she;it | bemuddles |
| we | bemuddle |
| you | bemuddle |
| they | bemuddle |
Perfect
| I | have bemuddled |
| you | have bemuddled |
| he;she;it | has bemuddled |
| we | have bemuddled |
| you | have bemuddled |
| they | have bemuddled |
Past
| I | bemuddled |
| you | bemuddled |
| he;she;it | bemuddled |
| we | bemuddled |
| you | bemuddled |
| they | bemuddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bemuddled |
| you | had bemuddled |
| he;she;it | had bemuddled |
| we | had bemuddled |
| you | had bemuddled |
| they | had bemuddled |
Future
| I | will bemuddle |
| you | will bemuddle |
| he;she;it | will bemuddle |
| we | will bemuddle |
| you | will bemuddle |
| they | will bemuddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bemuddled |
| you | will have bemuddled |
| he;she;it | will have bemuddled |
| we | will have bemuddled |
| you | will have bemuddled |
| they | will have bemuddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bemuddle |
| you | bemuddle |
| he;she;it | bemuddle |
| we | bemuddle |
| you | bemuddle |
| they | bemuddle |
Perfect
| I | have bemuddled |
| you | have bemuddled |
| he;she;it | have bemuddled |
| we | have bemuddled |
| you | have bemuddled |
| they | have bemuddled |
Imperfect
| I | bemuddled |
| you | bemuddled |
| he;she;it | bemuddled |
| we | bemuddled |
| you | bemuddled |
| they | bemuddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bemuddled |
| you | had bemuddled |
| he;she;it | had bemuddled |
| we | had bemuddled |
| you | had bemuddled |
| they | had bemuddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bemuddle |
| you | would bemuddle |
| he;she;it | would bemuddle |
| we | would bemuddle |
| you | would bemuddle |
| they | would bemuddle |
Perfect
| I | would have bemuddled |
| you | would have bemuddled |
| he;she;it | would have bemuddled |
| we | would have bemuddled |
| you | would have bemuddled |
| they | would have bemuddled |
Imperative
| you | bemuddle |
| we | Let's bemuddle |
| you | bemuddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'bemuddle'
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 'bemuddle'
befuddle,
remuddle,
bemuffle,
buddle,
muddle,
unmuddle,
bedole,
begirdle,
beguide,
beguile,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From be- + muddle.
Sample Sentences
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He is swallowed up, body and soul, in law; he eats, drinks, plays (at the card table) Law, nothing but Law. He acts Ignoramus in the play so thoroughly, that you w'd swear that in the inmost marrow of his head (is not this the proper anatomical term?) there have housed themselves not devils but pettifoggers, to bemuddle with their noisy chatter his own and his friends' wits. [1822, Charles and Mary Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6):]
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Its educational value is far higher than that of the newspaper, which, in spite of its many merits as a diffuser of information, is very apt to do its best to bemuddle and sophisticate plain facts. [1890, John Fiske, Civil Government in the United States Considered with:]
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But some modern sources of information have served at first to bemuddle, and then when more carefully sifted, to clear up the story. [1897, John Fiske, The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2):]