bemuddle

[ bih-muhd-l ]

verb (used with object)

, be·mud·dled, be·mud·dling.

1. to muddle or confuse (someone).

Word History and Origins

Origin of bemuddle¹

First recorded in 1860–65; be- + muddle

Example Sentences

Bemuddle, be-mud′l, v.t. to confuse or muddle completely.

From Project Gutenberg

But some modern sources of information have served at first to bemuddle, and then when more carefully sifted, to clear up the story.

From Project Gutenberg

Its educational value is far higher than that of the newspaper, which, in spite of its many merits as a diffuser of information, is very apt to do its best to bemuddle and sophisticate plain facts.

From Project Gutenberg

Lucidity of mind, like the rays of the sun, can have no effect except by the continuity of a direct line; it can divine only on condition of not breaking that line; the curvettings of chance bemuddle it.

From Project Gutenberg

Lucidity of mind, like the rays of the sun, can have no effect except by the continuity of a direct line; it can divine only on condition of not breaking that line; the curvettings of chance bemuddle it.

From Project Gutenberg