Noun: fuddle fú-d(u)l
- A confused multitude of things
"The attic was a fuddle of old furniture, books, and forgotten mementos";
- clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, welter, smother, scramble
- Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
"These questions fuddle even the experts";
- confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
- Make stupid with alcohol
"The multiple cocktails fuddled his thinking";
- befuddle
- Consume alcohol
"We were up fuddling all night";
- hit the bottle [informal], drink, booze [informal]
Derived forms: fuddling, fuddled, fuddles
Type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, consume, disorder, disorderliness, have, impact, inebriate, ingest, intoxicate, soak, take, take in
Encyclopedia: Fuddle