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adjective

Definition of befuddlingnext
as in perplexing

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befuddling

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verb

present participle of befuddle
as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty most of the applicants were befuddled by the wording of one of the questions on the driving test

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for befuddling
  1. perplexing
  2. puzzling
  3. dismaying
  4. bewildering
  5. upsetting
  6. incomprehensible
Adjective
  • Three days after the boy discovered the remains, more remains were found by Hamilton County firefighters, perplexing investigators, the station reported.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Mangione, who frequently posted online about his struggles with back pain, was reportedly never a UnitedHealthcare client, adding a perplexing dimension to the case.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of perplexing
Verb
  • Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of puzzling
Adjective
  • Americans, and a dismaying number of politicians, keep crying for a crackdown on crimes that aren’t happening.
    F.K. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The late President’s priorities were remarkably prescient, and his personal qualities offered a dismaying contrast to so much of the present state of American politics.
    Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of dismaying
Adjective
  • Its multimedia system responds well to quick taps, although the layout can be quite bewildering at first if you're not used to Skoda products.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But, given the complex ubiquity of Dylan’s music and life story, the movie’s synthetic simplicity is bewildering.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of bewildering
Adjective
  • Just as upsetting is the E.D. itself (short for Emergency Department, since they’re not called E.Rs.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In its place is now Palm Tree Club, an upscale hotel, dining and event space that's already upsetting its new neighbors.
    Sommer Brugal, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of upsetting
Adjective
  • Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, vowed Friday to seek Yoon's impeachment, describing the decision to impose martial law as incomprehensible and dangerous.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Reparations can be paid in images, guilt sloughed away with incomprehensible signifiers of accountability.
    Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of incomprehensible
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