Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. Synonyms:bedevil, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw."This question completely threw me" , "This question befuddled even the teacher"
... leave the presence of his sweetheart—the girl to whom he had just written that penitent letter—to go fresh from the inspiration of all that should uplift a lover, and befuddle his brains with "rum," gossiping with some coarse-grained barn-stormer! So ... — The Panchronicon • Harold Steele Mackaye
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