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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : fuhd-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌd l

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Définition of fuddled

Origin :
  • 1580s, originally "to get drunk," later "to confuse as though with drink" (c.1600), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Low German fuddeln "work in a slovenly manner (as if drunk)," from fuddle "worthless cloth." The more common derivative befuddle appeared 1887. Related: Fuddled; fuddling.
  • As in abashed : adj exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease
  • As in tipsy : adj inebriated
  • As in looped : adj drunk
  • As in pickled : adj drunk
  • As in potted : adj drunk
  • As in sloshed : adj drunk
  • As in stewed : adj drunk
  • As in stinko : adj drunk
  • As in drunk : adj intoxicated by alcohol
  • As in obfuscate : verb confuse
  • As in ruffle : verb upset, irritate
  • As in unsettle : verb bother, upset
  • As in addle : verb confuse
  • As in discombobulate : verb confuse
  • As in confuse : verb bewilder someone
  • As in daze : verb confuse, shock
  • As in fluster : verb upset, perturb
Example sentences :
  • So fuddled was he by vodka that he was unable to understand the purport of my visit.
  • Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux
  • Strike me silly, said Costello, a low fellow who was fuddled.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • Fuddled though she was, there was something that kept her in check.
  • Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
  • He boxed the watch; he fuddled himself at taverns; he was no better than a Mohock.
  • Extract from : « The Newcomes » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Don't sing those songs of Beranger at table; and don't get fuddled.
  • Extract from : « Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau » by Honore de Balzac
  • At last he sank in a heap, fuddled with wine and quite exhausted.
  • Extract from : « Robin Hood » by J. Walker McSpadden
  • Ye shall be fed, and fuddled too ye shall be an' ye will; for honest drink which sends to honest sleep hurts no man.
  • Extract from : « Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords], Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • Then again swagger folks can never get it out of their fuddled heads that Literature belongs to Grub Street.
  • Extract from : « The Sorrows of Satan » by Marie Corelli
  • The disciples of the great Paracelsus took the opportunity, when he was fuddled, to make him dictate.
  • Extract from : « Ebrietatis Encomium » by Boniface Oinophilus
  • But if we give any credit to several learned persons, Noah was not the first man that got fuddled.
  • Extract from : « Ebrietatis Encomium » by Boniface Oinophilus

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