All fuddle synonyms
fudΒ·dle
F f verb fuddle
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- craze β If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- gall β (Pizi) 1840?β94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- torment β to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- anger β Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- floor β that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- abrade β To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- browbeat β If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
- bully β A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
- wear β to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- fret β to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- chafe β If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- cow β A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.
- intimidate β to make timid; fill with fear.
- flummox β to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- nettle β any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
- peeve β to render peevish; annoy.
- harass β to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- put off β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put out β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- shake up β an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- dement β to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
- psych out β to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- demoralise β to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- embarrass β Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.
- shock β a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- paralyse β to affect with paralysis.
- excite β Cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in (someone).
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- mess up β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- throw off β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- stir up β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- mix up β an act or instance of mixing.
- work up β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- psych β to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.