Befuddled

Reporting from Seoul- Beleaguered Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan stepped down Friday, fulfilling a promise to critics who attacked what they called his befuddled response to the nation's dual economic and nuclear crises triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ❋ Unknown (2011)

What a bunch of fruitcake addicted brain befuddled cultish morons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While the latter, witnesses of the happening and directly on the spot, had been crying out in befuddled helplessness, and with slow wits and slower bodies been climbing upon the rail, the second mate had descended the steep ladder from the poop, covered two hundred feet of deck, sprung upon the rail, grasped the instant need of the situation, and cast the coil of line into the water. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He described himself as "befuddled" by her remarks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The new leadership, however, was so "befuddled," it easily lost control of the reins of power. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Pence -- who says he is "befuddled" by Mr. Bush's inaction on this issue -- would like to strip all Title X funding from Planned Parenthood. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The U.S. Navy said it was "befuddled" by Beijing's last-minute November denial of a long-arranged port call for the Kitty Hawk carrier group in Hong Kong. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Suskind describes how many of those in the "foreign policy establishment" found themselves "befuddled" by the way the traditional policy process was viewed not only as unproductive but "perilous." ❋ Unknown (2006)

This is a visual depiction of the term "befuddled" posted by Jonathan at ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2004)

I was with McCain shortly after he won in New Hampshire, and he had a kind of befuddled expression, sort of like the dog who caught the car finally. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Mr. MOSLEY: Well, you know, it's so easy in America to be kind of befuddled by the notion of success, and the notion of suc -- success always kind of breaking down to, ` How much money did you get? ❋ Unknown (2000)

Dr. Harman was blinking in a kind of befuddled astonishment. ❋ Laurence M. Janifer (1967)

Embracing me with the affection of a long-lost brother, he rattled on with a befuddled, meaningless jargon. ❋ Unknown (1903)

It's only natural that the Post, the voice of Imperial Washington, is "befuddled" by such obstinacy. ❋ Unknown (2010)