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befogged

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Obscured with fog or smoke; murky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1614, John Taylor, “Plutoes Proclamation concerning his Infernall pleasure for the Propagation of Tobacco” in The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses, London: Nathaniel Butter, [...] euery one a Furies shape assumes, Befog’d and clouded with my hel-hatch’d fumes.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Caught in fog.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Confused, muddled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXIX, If I could only get back to the inscription or the grotto I felt the rest would be easy to accomplish, but the more I rambled the more utterly befogged I got.

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4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of befog

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

stupefied by alcoholic drink

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the wino's poor befuddled mind
  • a mind befogged with drink

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: befuddled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: zamlžený — obscured with fog
  • Czech: pod mlhou — obscured with fog