befuddling

Updated: May 7, 2025

He was easily confused by a stir; the gurglings, the ticklings, the loud laughter both in the deep bass of the hosts and the keen treble of the guest had a befuddling effect upon him; his powers of observation were numbed.

Mary Noailles Murfree - The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls: 1895