Meaning & use
Befuddling
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Causing confusion or bewilderment.
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The instructions were so befuddling that nobody could assemble the shelf correctly.
She found the tax forms utterly befuddling.
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Befuddling is built from the verb 'befuddle,' combining the intensifying prefix 'be-' with 'fuddle,' an old word meaning to confuse, often through drink.
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2. verb
Confusing or bewildering someone.
The magician kept befuddling the audience with clever sleight of hand.
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