fuddled

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fud·dle

(fŭd′l)

v. fud·dled, fud·dling, fud·dles

v.tr.

1. To put into a state of confusion. See Synonyms at befuddle.

2. To make drunk; intoxicate.

v.intr.

To drink; tipple.

A state of confusion or intoxication.

[Origin unknown.]

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fuddled

(ˈfʌdəld)

adj

1. in a muddled or confused state

2. confused or intoxicated

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Adj.

fuddled - very drunk

besotted, blind drunk, blotto, pie-eyed, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, crocked, pissed, pixilated, plastered, cockeyed, loaded, wet, stiff, tight

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

Translations

fuddled

[ˈfʌdld] ADJ

1. (= muddled) → confuso, aturdido

2. (= tipsy) → borracho
to get fuddled → emborracharse

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fuddled

[ˈfʌd^əld] adj

(= muddled) → embrouillé(e), confus(e)

(= drunk) → éméché(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fuddled

adj (= muddled) → verwirrt, verdattert (inf); (= tipsy) → bedüdelt (inf), → beschwipst, angesäuselt

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fuddled

[ˈfʌdld] adj (muddled) → confuso/a; (tipsy) → brillo/a

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Once, when just from college, and when Horrocks the butler brought him a letter without placing it previously on a tray, he gave that domestic a look, and administered to him a speech so cutting, that Horrocks ever after trembled before him; the whole household bowed to him: Lady Crawley's curl-papers came off earlier when he was at home: Sir Pitt's muddy gaiters disappeared; and if that incorrigible old man still adhered to other old habits, he never fuddled himself with rum-and-water in his son's presence, and only talked to his servants in a very reserved and polite manner; and those persons remarked that Sir Pitt never swore at Lady Crawley while his son was in the room.

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The Virgin wanted to kiss him, and, fuddled slightly though he was with the whiskey, he saw his way out without compromising with the apron-string.

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