fuddle

fuddle
Synonyms and related words:
Dutch courage, a high, addle, addle the wits, amaze, baffle, ball up, bamboozle, beat, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, besottedness, bewilder, bewilderment, boggle, booze up, boozify, bother, botheration, buffalo, bug, chaos, cloud, confound, confuse, confusion, crock, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, distract, disturb, disturbance, drunkenness, embarrass, embarrassment, entangle, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, frenzy, fuddledness, fuddlement, fuss, get, hangover, haze, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, jumble, katzenjammer, keep in suspense, lick, maze, mess, mist, mix up, moider, morning after, muddle, muddlement, mystify, nonplus, overtake, perplex, perplexity, perturb, perturbation, pickle, plaster, pollute, pot-valiance, pot-valor, pother, pucker, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, shuffle, sottedness, souse, stew, stick, stone, stump, swack, sweat, swivet, throw, throw into confusion, throw off, tipsify, tipsiness, tizzy, unsettle, unsettlement, upset

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  • fuddle — 1580s, originally to get drunk, later to confuse as though with drink (c.1600), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Low Ger. fuddeln work in a slovenly manner (as if drunk), from fuddle worthless cloth. The more common derivative BEFUDDLE (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Fuddle — Fud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fuddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fuddling}.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. {Fuzzle}.] To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] I am too fuddled to take care to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fuddle — Fud dle, v. i. To drink to excess. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fuddle — index confusion (ambiguity), muddle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fuddle — muddle, addle, *confuse Analogous words: & Antonyms: see those at BEFUDDLE …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • fuddle — [fud′ l] vt. fuddled, fuddling [akin ? to Ger dial. fuddeln, to swindle] to confuse or stupefy as with alcoholic liquor; befuddle vi. Rare to drink heavily; tipple n. a fuddled condition …   English World dictionary

  • fuddle — 1 verb (T) BrE informal if something, especially alcohol or drugs, fuddles you or your mind, it makes you unable to think clearly: Too much drink fuddles your brain. 2 noun (singular) informal in a fuddle feeling very confused and unable to think …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fuddle — verb (fuddled; fuddling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1588 intransitive verb booze, tipple transitive verb 1. to make drunk ; intoxicate 2. to make confused ; muddle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fuddle — /fud l/, v., fuddled, fuddling, n. v.t. 1. to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses. 2. to make drunk; intoxicate. v.i. 3. to tipple. n. 4. a confused state; muddle; jumble. [1580 90; orig. uncert.] * * * …   Universalium

  • fuddle — Noun. 1. A confused state, a muddle. 2. An intoxicated state. E.g. He was in a fuddle so we stopped him driving home and made him sleep at ours. 3. An informal event or party, often based around a food, such as a buffet or picnic. East… …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • fuddle — v. & n. v. 1 tr. confuse or stupefy, esp. with alcoholic liquor. 2 intr. tipple, booze. n. 1 confusion. 2 intoxication. 3 a spell of drinking (on the fuddle). Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn …   Useful english dictionary

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