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[ adjective ] stupefied by alcoholic drink

Synonyms

befogged

Examples

"the wino's poor befuddled mind" "a mind befogged with drink"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

In his teens O_'_Banion was enrolled in the vicious Market_Street gang and he became a singing waiter in McGovern's_Cafe , a notoriously low and rowdy dive in North_Clark_Street , where befuddled customers were methodically looted of their money by the singing waiters before being thrown_out .

Related terms

confused

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[ adjective ] perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

Examples

"obviously bemused by his questions" "bewildered and confused" "a cloudy and confounded philosopher" "just a mixed-up kid" "she felt lost on the first day of school"

Related terms

perplexed

3
[ adjective ] confused and vague; used especially of thinking

Examples

"muddleheaded ideas" "your addled little brain" "woolly thinking" "woolly-headed ideas"

Related terms

confused

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