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Befogged   Listen
verb
Befog  v. t.  (past & past part. befogged; pres. part. befogging)  
1.
To involve in a fog; mostly as a participle or part. adj.
2.
Hence: To confuse; to mystify.


adjective
befogged  adj.  Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. "A mind befogged with drink"
Synonyms: addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.





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"Befogged" Quotes from Famous Books



... me it is not for you to talk about 'the prejudices and befogged intellects' of those who are unable to see 'in the light' of your notable 'explication' that 'opposition to the Administration'—such as you now make—'is not opposition to the Government.' And your ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 • Various
... Auguste Comte. These were the two writers of his time who most influenced its thought. The bit of practical teaching he afterwards reviewed with most curiosity was the course in Chemistry, which taught him a number of theories that befogged his mind for a lifetime. The only teaching that appealed to his imagination was a course of lectures by Louis Agassiz on the Glacial Period and Paleontology, which had more influence on his curiosity than the rest of the college instruction altogether. The entire work of the four years ...
— The Education of Henry Adams • Henry Adams
... This is not the place to discuss the Gerund in Mn.E., the so-called "infinitive in -ing." The whole subject has been befogged for the lack of an accepted nomenclature, one that shall do violence neither to grammar ...
— Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book - with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary • C. Alphonso Smith
... salutation with a stiff-necked nod, ignored my extended hand. I saw that she wished to impress upon me that she was a very grand lady indeed; but, while my ideas of what constitutes a lady were at that time somewhat befogged by my snobbishness, she failed dismally. She looked just what she was—a mean, bad-tempered ...
— The Deluge • David Graham Phillips
... always puzzles me. And so when I get befogged over other things, I often come here and add this to ...
— Wych Hazel • Susan and Anna Warner


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