Befuddlement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Befuddlement is a noun meaning The state of being befuddled.
Meaning
The state of being befuddled.
Example Sentences
A change came over his wind-beaten face, a slight befuddlement, the shock of some minor fact jarred loose.
1907, Algernon Blackwood, “Max Hensig—Bacteriologist and Murderer” Chapter 4, in The Listener and Other Stories, New York: Knopf, 1917, p. 105, It was, of course, an effect of hypnotism, he remembered thinking, vaguely through the befuddlement of his drink—this culminating effect of an evil and remorseless personality acting upon one that was diseased and extra receptive.
Word Forms
- befuddlements
Synonyms for befuddlement
Depending on context, synonyms include bafflement, bewilderment, confusion, perplexity, puzzlement, bemusement.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bewilderment, bafflement, puzzlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation.
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