befuddled

Adjective

befuddled (comparative more befuddled, superlative most befuddled)

1. Confused or perplexed.
   • But Yancey Goree was not thinking of feuds. His befuddled brain was hopelessly attacking the problem of the future maintenance of himself and his favourite follies.1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “A Blackjack Bargainer”, in Whirligigs
   • Gracious, man, are you so befuddled in your old books that you don't see what's going on round you?1919, Christopher Morley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   addle-pated, addled, addlepated, at a loss, at a loss for words, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, bewildered, confused

2. Drunk
   • His head rested upon his two hands, as if he were befuddled with wine, but at the harsh sound of the snapping bolts he raised his face and looked angrily around him.1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken, beliquored, besotted