befall | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, happen |
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(verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: bechance, betide |
befit | (verb) accord or comport with | Synonyms: beseem, suit |
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befitting | (adjective) appropriate to | - |
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befittingly | (adverb) in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | Synonyms: appropriately, duly, fitly, fittingly, properly, suitably |
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befog | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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befogged | (adjective) stupefied by alcoholic drink | Synonyms: befuddled |
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befool | (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
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(verb) make a fool or dupe of | Synonyms: fool, gull |
befooling | (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: stultification |
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before | (adverb) at or in the front | Synonyms: ahead, in front |
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(adverb) earlier in time; previously | Synonyms: earlier |
beforehand | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: advance |
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(adverb) ahead of time; in anticipation | Synonyms: ahead, in advance |
befoul | (verb) spot, stain, or pollute | Synonyms: defile, foul, maculate |
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befouled | (adjective) made dirty or foul | Synonyms: fouled |
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befoulment | (noun) the state of being polluted | Synonyms: defilement, pollution |
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befriend | (verb) become friends with | - |
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befuddle | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
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(verb) make stupid with alcohol | Synonyms: fuddle |
befuddled | (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
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(adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking | Synonyms: addled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, woolly, wooly-minded, wooly |
(adjective) stupefied by alcoholic drink | Synonyms: befogged |
befuddlement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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