· be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

Synonym(s): confuse, throw, fox, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate

Hypernym(s): be

· make stupid with alcohol

Synonym(s): fuddle

Hypernym(s): intoxicate, soak, inebriate

· stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink"

Synonym(s): befogged

· perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "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"

Synonym(s): baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at_sea

· confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"

Synonym(s): addled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded