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befogverb to make (something) unclear to the understandingthe professor's convoluted explanation only befogged the textbook's presentation of this scientific principle becloud, blur, cloud, confuse, fog, muddy, obfuscate complicate, perplex, sophisticateentangle, snarl, tangledisarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disorder, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, scramble, shuffle, tousle, upset clarify, clear (up), illuminate simplify, streamlinedisentangle, straighten (out), undo, unravel, unscramble, untangledecipher, decodeanalyze, break down to make dark, dim, or indistinctthe morning murk befogged our view of the harbor becloud, bedim, blacken, blear, blur, cloud, darken, dim, dislimn, fog, fuzz (up), haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow, shroud adumbrate, blot out, conceal, eclipse, hide, obliterate, screen, shadecamouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, veil brighten, illuminate, illumine, light (up), lighten expose, reveal, uncover, unveil to throw into a state of mental uncertaintycompletely befogged by the sudden change of subject addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex stick, stump, weird outabash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattleagitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upsetbeguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick blow one's mind, go to one's head assure, reassure, satisfyenlighten, inform in 1601 |