fuddled
past simple and past participle offuddle
fuddle
verb[T]
informaluk/ˈfʌd.əl/us/ˈfʌd.əl/toconfusesomeone and make themunabletothinkclearly:
Theheathad fuddled mybrain.
Puzzle and confuse
- addle
- baffle
- bedazzle
- befuddle
- bemuse
- blind
- discombobulate
- disorientate
- dosomeone'shead inidiom
- flummox
- fuddle
- loop
- puzzle
- ravel
- search
- throw
- throw(someone)a curve (ball)idiom
- throwsomeoneoff balanceidiom
- tie
- tiesomeone(up) in knotsidiom
Examplesoffuddled
fuddled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I raise it now because the whole story is an illustration offuddledthinking by those responsible.
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Sanctions can be imposed in afuddledway on private industry, but sanctions cannot be imposed upon the public employer.
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One could argue that, because of their faster reactions, young men can be slightly morefuddledbefore they get into difficulties.
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It means that there is a large body of people on the roads whose chances of an accident are just as great as those of thefuddleddriver.
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If one puts in different layers of authority at the top and at the bottom, one gets delay, democracy, lack of speed in action andfuddleddecisions.
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Afuddleddrunkard is not going to get the better of a sober woman.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He admitted that at the time he wasfuddledwith whisky; otherwise his capture would have been more difficult and dangerous.
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- bender
- bending moment
- bending-moment
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- bend/lean over backwards
- bend-lean-over-backwards
- bend over backwards
- bend-over-backwards
- bend sb's ear
- bend-sb-s-ear
- bend someone's ear
- bend the law/rules
- bend-the-law-rules
- bend the rules
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