What is the meaning of befuddled?

verb

• Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
  • usage: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
  • synonyms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
• Make stupid with alcohol.
  • synonyms: befuddle, fuddle

adjective

• Stupefied by alcoholic drink.
  • usage: "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink"
  • synonyms: befogged
• Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
• Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
  • usage: "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
  • synonyms: addled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded