Alert and Befuddled

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Alert adjective - Paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity.

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Befuddled is an antonym for alert.

Nearby Words: alertness, alerted, alerting, alerter

Befuddled adjective - Suffering from mental confusion.

Usage example: the perennially befuddled professor was always forgetting where she'd left her glasses

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Alert is an antonym for befuddled.

Nearby Word: befuddling

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Befuddled and Alert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alert/befuddled

Alert & Befuddled. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/alert/befuddled>.

Befuddled or Alert. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/alert/befuddled.

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