| NOUN | state | fuddle, clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, welter, smother | a confused / confused multitude of things |
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| VERB | consumption | fuddle, befuddle | make stupid with alcohol |
| consumption | fuddle, drink, booze | consume alcohol | |
| cognition | fuddle, confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
| Meaning | A confused / confused multitude of things. | |
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| Synonyms | clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, welter, smother | |
| Narrower | rummage | A jumble of things to be given away |
| Broader | disorderliness, disorder | A condition in which things are not in their expected places |
| Catalan | confusió | |
| Spanish | confusión | |
| Meaning | make stupid with alcohol. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | befuddle | |
| Broader | intoxicate, soak, inebriate | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) |
| Meaning | consume alcohol. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | drink, booze | |
| Entailed by | sober up, sober | Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption |
| toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail | Propose a toast to | |
| wine and dine | Eat sumptuously | |
| Narrower | carry, hold | drink alcohol without showing ill effects |
| claret | drink claret | |
| port | drink port | |
| pub-crawl, bar hop | Go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk | |
| souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up | Become drunk or drink excessively | |
| tank | Consume excessive amounts of alcohol | |
| tipple, bib | drink moderately but regularly | |
| wine | drink wine | |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
| Similar to | drink, tope | drink excessive amounts of alcohol |
| Catalan | beure, prendre | |
| Spanish | beber, soplar, tomar | |
| Meaning | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This question befuddled even the teacher" | |
| Synonyms | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | |
| Narrower | demoralize | confuse or put into disorder |
| disorient, disorientate | Cause to be lost or disoriented | |
| perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | Be a mystery or bewildering to | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Similar to | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off | Cause to feel embarrassment |
| Catalan | confondre, desconcertar, embolicar | |
| Spanish | aturdir | |