From <span class="searchmatch">befuddled</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">befuddledness</span> (uncountable) The quality of being <span class="searchmatch">befuddled</span>....
if he were <span class="searchmatch">befuddled</span> with wine, but at the harsh sound of the snapping bolts he raised his face and looked angrily around him. <span class="searchmatch">befuddledness</span> confuddled...