befuddled

(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. Synonyms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate. Examples: "These questions confuse even the experts." "This question completely threw me." "This question befuddled even the teacher."

(verb) make stupid with alcohol. Synonyms: befuddle, fuddle.

(adj) stupefied by alcoholic drink. Synonyms: befogged. Examples: "The wino's poor befuddled mind." "A mind befogged with drink."

(adj) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment. Synonyms: baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea. Examples: "Obviously bemused by his questions." "Bewildered and confused." "A cloudy and confounded philosopher." "Just a mixed-up kid." "She felt lost on the first day of school."

(adj) confused and vague; used especially of thinking. Synonyms: addled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded. Examples: "Muddleheaded ideas." "Your addled little brain." "Woolly thinking." "Woolly-headed ideas."