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befuddles

befuddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of befuddle.

Meaning of befuddle

Verb

befuddle (third-person singular simple present befuddles, present participle befuddling, simple past and past participle befuddled)

  1. (transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
    • The explanation left him completely befuddled.
  2. (transitive) To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.
    • […] to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain1983, Basile Kerblay, Modern Soviet Society, page 290

Questions about befuddles

What is befuddles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Befuddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of befuddle.

Words near befuddles in the dictionary

  1. befuddledness
  2. befuddlement
  3. befuddlements
  4. befuddler
  5. befuddlers
  6. befuddles
  7. befuddling
  8. befuddlingly
  9. befuddlings
  10. Befunge
  11. befunolol

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