as in to confuse
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
the hotel staff is completely fuddled by the guest's bizarre requests
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Recent Examples of fuddle
In colliding with a new type of animal, a chemical that might once have served to fuddle the wits of pests has been transformed into a glittering lure.
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Gareth Cook, Scientific American, 24 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuddle
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The 40-year-old cooks up ways to make quarterbacks miserable in his sleep, devising schemes that are meant to lure as much as they are intended to confuse.—
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Canales-Pelaez said that local departments may be confusing administrative warrants with criminal ones, or overcomplying to avoid backlash from the state Legislature.—
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Experts on childhood disease were baffled by the change in guidance.—
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Experts on childhood disease were baffled by the change in guidance.—
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But unlike his Sophoclean namesake, Orestes is bewildered by this escalation and refuses.—
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In April, the president was among those bewildered by his fall.—
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The disjunction between the abstract composition and the notion of self-portraiture appeared perplexing in its own right; its inoperability only exacerbated the viewer’s frustration and redoubled the artist’s impish provocation.—
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But the unknown in that equation is what perplexes the Mavericks and has the team stuck for now.—
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Her mysterious symptoms puzzled doctors, at least one of whom suggested the pain was psychosomatic.—
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Further study is also needed to untangle one puzzling finding.—
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However impressively efficient the American strike may have been, the president’s motives have been muddled.—
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The situation might be a bit more muddled by the US wanting to resume nuclear testing.—
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Teams are now pressing more and more, hoping to cause turnovers and discombobulate offenses.—
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However, the system has been discombobulated already, and the impact is likely to reach the Thanksgiving holiday.—
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“Fuddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuddle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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