fuddled

  • 21fuddle — fud|dle [ˈfʌdl] v [T] BrE informal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Low German fudeln to work carelessly as if drunk ] if something, especially alcohol or drugs, fuddles you or your mind, it makes you unable to think clearly >fuddled adj …

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  • 22fuddle — [fud′ l] vt. fuddled, fuddling [akin ? to Ger dial. fuddeln, to swindle] to confuse or stupefy as with alcoholic liquor; befuddle vi. Rare to drink heavily; tipple n. a fuddled condition …

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  • 23fud´dler — fud|dle «FUHD uhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. Informal. –v.t. 1. to make stupid with drink; intoxicate: »The inhabitants…get fuddled with mint julep and apple toddy (Washington Irving). 2. to confuse; muddle; stupefy: »He once fuddled a group of… …

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  • 24fud|dle — «FUHD uhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. Informal. –v.t. 1. to make stupid with drink; intoxicate: »The inhabitants…get fuddled with mint julep and apple toddy (Washington Irving). 2. to confuse; muddle; stupefy: »He once fuddled a group of… …

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  • 25Boozy — Booz y, a. A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy. [Colloq.] C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 26crocked — adj. drunk, inebriated. Opposite of {sober}. [slang] Syn: blotto, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 27Fap — Fap, a. Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28loaded — adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible; of containers, vehicles, trays, etc.; as, a tray loaded with dishes Syn: laden. [WordNet 1.5] 2. containing a shell or an explosive charge ready for firing; of firearms. Opposite of {unloaded} …

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  • 29Maudlin — Maud lin, a. [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.] 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. Maudlin eyes.… …

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  • 30Tipsier — Tipsy Tip sy, a. [Compar. {Tipsier}; superl. {Tipsiest}.] [Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See {Tipple}.] 1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or …

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