Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Befuddled has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
simple past tense and past participle of befuddle
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
"obviously bemused by his questions"
"bewildered and confused"
"a cloudy and confounded philosopher"
"just a mixed-up kid"
"she felt lost on the first day of school"
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
"muddleheaded ideas"
"your addled little brain"
"woolly thinking"
"woolly-headed ideas"
confused or perplexed