Synonyms of befogs

befogs

verb

present tense third-person singular of befog

1

as in confuses

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

the professor's convoluted explanation only befogged the textbook's presentation of this scientific principle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confuses
• fogs
• clouds
• beclouds
• obfuscates
• blurs
• muddies
• disrupts
• complicates
• disorders
• perplexes
• dishevels
• snarls
• tangles
• sophisticates
• disarrays
• upsets
• disarranges
• discomposes
• jumbles
• mixes (up)
• entangles
• shuffles
• muddles
• scrambles
• tousles
• disturbs
• messes (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clears (up)
• clarifies
• illuminates
• simplifies
• streamlines
• straightens (out)
• breaks down
• undoes
• unravels
• analyzes
• decodes
• disentangles
• untangles
• unscrambles
• deciphers

2

as in obscures

to make dark, dim, or indistinct

the morning murk befogged our view of the harbor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obscures
• blurs
• darkens
• fogs
• blackens
• overshadows
• clouds
• bedims
• overclouds
• shrouds
• dims
• shadows
• fuzzes (up)
• beclouds
• overcasts
• hazes
• dislimns
• mists
• blears
• shades
• conceals
• eclipses
• covers
• blots out
• adumbrates
• curtains
• hides
• obliterates
• masks
• screens
• cloaks
• camouflages
• disguises
• veils

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lights (up)
• illuminates
• reveals
• exposes
• brightens
• lightens
• illumines
• uncovers
• unveils

3

as in baffles

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

completely befogged by the sudden change of subject

Synonyms & Similar Words

• baffles
• puzzles
• bewilders
• confuses
• perplexes
• fuddles
• poses
• bothers
• discombobulates
• embarrasses
• disorients
• vexes
• rattles
• befuddles
• bamboozles
• flusters
• mystifies
• flummoxes
• bemuses
• addles
• stuns
• muddles
• confounds
• foxes
• buffaloes
• muddies
• mazes
• disturbs
• gravels
• goes to one's head
• gets
• beats
• upsets
• nonplusses
• unsettles
• blows one's mind
• discountenances
• sticks
• cozens
• abashes
• discomposes
• stumps
• distresses
• nonpluses
• strings along
• disconcerts
• mortifies
• weirds out
• discomfits
• tricks
• fazes
• hoodwinks
• agitates
• dismays
• unhinges
• disquiets
• fools
• perturbs
• chagrins
• discomforts
• deceives
• snows
• dupes
• deludes
• misleads
• misguides
• humbugs
• gulls
• beguiles
• hoaxes
• takes in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assures
• satisfies
• informs
• reassures
• enlightens