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Definition: FUDDLING


Part of Speech	Definition
Verb	1. Present participle conjugation of the verb fuddle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base (fuddle)	1. Make stupid with alcohol.[Wordnet]. 2. Consume alcohol.[Wordnet]. 3. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher".[Wordnet]. 4. To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.[Websters]. 5. To drink to excess.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: fuddling, fuddled, fuddles, fuddler, fuddlers, fuddlingly and fuddledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.		Top

"Fuddling" is a common misspelling or typo for: fiddling, cuddling.

Date "Fuddling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Specialty Definition: FUDDLING

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Verb] Intoxicating; drinking to excess.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Verb] Present participle of fuddle. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top

Topics by Level of Interest: FUDDLING
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)		Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Fuddling cup	3		Fuddling cup	3
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"fuddling" is a common misspelling or typo for: fiddling, cuddling.

Computed Synonyms: fuddling

Rank	Intensity	Word	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	46.6097	fuddling	addling	befogging, bedevilling, perplexing, addle, addled
2	46.4094	fuddling	bedeviling	worrying, befogging, perplexing, pestering, teasing
3	44.3094	fuddling	befoging	bedevilling, perplexing, obfuscating, bemusing, fogging
4	26.0596	fuddling	fuddle	confuse, perplex, to confuse, addle, bedevil
5	25.3090	fuddling	embarrassing	awkward, obstructing, harassing, thwarting, troublesome
6	22.4092	fuddling	embrangling	perplexing, confusing, embarrassing, entangling, bemusing
7	20.3094	fuddling	vexing	inciting, abetting, annoying, afflicting, stirring
8	20.3093	fuddling	bothering	impeding, obstructing, inconveniencing, deranging, dunning
9	19.4093	fuddling	entangling	wrapping, muffling, complicating, tangling, enfolding
10	19.3094	fuddling	stopping	ceasing, halting, staying, finishing, discontinuing
11	19.3094	fuddling	squirming	wriggling, twisting, wiggling, contorting, twiddling
12	19.3093	fuddling	hampering	basketing, trammelling, balking, hobbling, bothering
13	18.4094	fuddling	turmoiling	tumulting, uproaring, troubling, fussing, disordering
14	18.3094	fuddling	impeding	bothering, annoying, trammelling, harassing, hobbling
15	18.3091	fuddling	obstructing	inhibiting, deterring, bothering, stemming, precluding
-------------------- 447 synonyms ranked from 16 to 462 abridged --------------------
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: fuddling

Rank	Intensity	Word	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	1.0092	fuddling	get drunk	drink to excess, intoxicate, make drunk
2	1.0091	fuddling	make drunk	intoxicate, to intoxicate, get drunk
3	1.0089	fuddling	to carouse	carouse, revel, drink
4	1.0088	fuddling	hugger mugger	mess, disorder, confusion
5	1.0087	fuddling	to intoxicate	intoxicate, make drunk, get drunk
6	1.0083	fuddling	become intoxicated	intoxicate, inebriate, get drunk
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Translations: FUDDLING

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya	تَبَلْبُل (unrest, anxieties, anxiety, baffle, baffled), اِضْطِراب (unrest, anxiety, perturbation, upset, welter), أَرْبَكَ (befuddle, bemuse, confound, confuse, discompose), خَلَل (fault, flaw, gap, aberration, aberrations), بلبلة (anxieties, anxiety, baffle, baffled, baffles), لَدَّدَ (baffle, baffled, baffles, baffling, beat), قَلَق (uneasiness, anxiety, apprehensiveness, concern, concerned), حَيْرَة (bewilderment, hesitancy, irresolution, nonplus, puzzlement), حَيَّرَ (bewilder, confound, distract, fluster, nonplus), حِيرَة (confusion, discomfiture, hesitance, indecision, perplexity). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha	تَبَلْبُل (unrest, anxieties, anxiety, baffle, baffled), اِضْطِراب (unrest, anxiety, perturbation, upset, welter), أَرْبَكَ (befuddle, bemuse, confound, confuse, discompose), خَلَل (fault, flaw, gap, aberration, aberrations), بلبلة (anxieties, anxiety, baffle, baffled, baffles), لَدَّدَ (baffle, baffled, baffles, baffling, beat), قَلَق (uneasiness, anxiety, apprehensiveness, concern, concerned), حَيْرَة (bewilderment, hesitancy, irresolution, nonplus, puzzlement), حَيَّرَ (bewilder, confound, distract, fluster, nonplus), حِيرَة (confusion, discomfiture, hesitance, indecision, perplexity). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic	تَبَلْبُل (unrest, anxieties, anxiety, baffle, baffled), اِضْطِراب (unrest, anxiety, perturbation, upset, welter), أَرْبَكَ (befuddle, bemuse, confound, confuse, discompose), خَلَل (fault, flaw, gap, aberration, aberrations), بلبلة (anxieties, anxiety, baffle, baffled, baffles), لَدَّدَ (baffle, baffled, baffles, baffling, beat), قَلَق (uneasiness, anxiety, apprehensiveness, concern, concerned), حَيْرَة (bewilderment, hesitancy, irresolution, nonplus, puzzlement), حَيَّرَ (bewilder, confound, distract, fluster, nonplus), حِيرَة (confusion, discomfiture, hesitance, indecision, perplexity). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch	Berauschend (intoxicant, intoxicating, intoxicantly, fuddling, heady). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
German	Berauschend (intoxicant, intoxicating, intoxicantly, fuddling, heady). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic	تَبَلْبُل (unrest, anxieties, anxiety, baffle, baffled), اِضْطِراب (unrest, anxiety, perturbation, upset, welter), أَرْبَكَ (befuddle, bemuse, confound, confuse, discompose), خَلَل (fault, flaw, gap, aberration, aberrations), بلبلة (anxieties, anxiety, baffle, baffled, baffles), لَدَّدَ (baffle, baffled, baffles, baffling, beat), قَلَق (uneasiness, anxiety, apprehensiveness, concern, concerned), حَيْرَة (bewilderment, hesitancy, irresolution, nonplus, puzzlement), حَيَّرَ (bewilder, confound, distract, fluster, nonplus), حِيرَة (confusion, discomfiture, hesitance, indecision, perplexity). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
High German	Berauschend (intoxicant, intoxicating, intoxicantly, fuddling, heady). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch	Berauschend (intoxicant, intoxicating, intoxicantly, fuddling, heady). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	酒びたりになり (fuddling). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	emborrachar (inebriate, soak, souse, carouse, fuddle). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fuddling. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).				Top

Language	Translations for “fuddling” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	uddlingfay (fuddling). Additional references: Pig Latin, fuddling. (volunteer)
Terran B	emrouscenr (fuddling). Additional references: Terran B, fuddling. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor.				Top