fuddle
Confuse with drink
Fuddle means to confuse or stupefy, especially with alcohol.
Someone fuddled has had too much to drink: He came home fuddled after the office party.
The word can also describe mental confusion more generally—a fuddled state where thinking becomes muddled and unclear.
The noun fuddle, now rare, means a drinking bout or the confused state it produces.
Cause mental disorientation
- bewilderCause utter confusion
- perplexCause utter confusion
- baffleConfuse or perplex
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
addle · befog · disorient · stupefy · bemuse · flummox · stump · obfuscate
Mildly intoxicated
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- sloshedVery intoxicated
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
plastered · wasted · sozzled · blotto · stewed · pickled · soused · legless
In a confused state
- addledConfused, unable to focus
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- perplexedThoroughly confused, uncertain
- discombobulatedUtterly confused or disoriented
baffled · dazed · puzzled · flustered · confounded · nonplussed · rattled · disoriented
confuse
Cause mental disorientation
muddle · addle · befog · disorient · stupefy · bemuse · flummox · stump · obfuscate · discombobulate
tipsy
Mildly intoxicated
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- sloshedVery intoxicated
hammered · plastered · wasted · sozzled · blotto · stewed · pickled · soused · legless · boozy
muddled
In a confused state
- addledConfused, unable to focus
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- perplexedThoroughly confused, uncertain
discombobulated · baffled · dazed · puzzled · flustered · confounded · nonplussed · rattled · disoriented · foggy
befuddled, befuddle, befuddlement, fuddled, befuddling, confuddled