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bedaffled

/bɪˈdæfl̩d/

bedaffled adjective: both dazzled and baffled.

Adjective

bedaffled (comparative more bedaffled, superlative most bedaffled)

  1. Both dazzled and baffled.
    • She squinched her face, bedaffled.2001, David R. Ambos, Letters from the Nude Lake and Other Historic Monuments, page 245
    • O, I know very well what you are thinking: "The poor maid must be bedaffled in the brain to entrust all her fortune to a man like that!"2010, Patrice Kindl, Goose Chase, page 8

Forms of bedaffled

comparativemore bedaffled
superlativemost bedaffled

Origin of bedaffled

Blend of bedazzled + baffled.

Questions about bedaffled

What does bedaffled mean?
Bedaffled means both dazzled and baffled.
What part of speech is bedaffled?
Bedaffled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bedaffled?
Bedaffled is pronounced /bɪˈdæfl̩d/.

Words near bedaffled in the dictionary

  1. bedabbled
  2. bedabbles
  3. bedabbling
  4. bedad
  5. bedaff
  6. bedaffled
  7. bedaft
  8. bedag
  9. bedagged
  10. bedaggered
  11. bedagging

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