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Muddle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Muddle? [n] informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [n] a confused multitude of things [v] mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [v] make into a puddle; "puddled mire" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Muddle: addle \| clutter \| fix \| hole \| jam \| jumble \| kettle of fish \| mare's nest \| mess \| pickle \| puddle \| puddle \| smother \| welter Related Terms \| Find terms related to Muddle: addle \| addle the wits \| amaze \| anarchy \| ataxia \| baffle \| ball up \| bamboozle \| be all thumbs \| beat \| becloud \| bedazzle \| befog \| befuddle \| befuddlement \| bemuse \| bewilder \| bewilderment \| blunder \| blunder away \| blunder into \| blunder on \| blunder upon \| blur \| blur distinctions \| boggle \| bollix \| bollix up \| botch \| botchery \| bother \| botheration \| buffalo \| bug \| bumble \| bungle \| butcher \| chaos \| cloud \| clutter \| commit a gaffe \| complicate \| confound \| confuse \| confusion \| contrive \| cope \| daze \| dazzle \| deform \| disarrange \| disarray \| disaster \| discombobulate \| discombobulation \| discomfit \| discomfiture \| discompose \| discomposure \| disconcert \| disconcertion \| dishevel \| disorder \| disorganization \| disorganize \| disorient \| disorientation \| distort \| distract \| disturb \| disturbance \| embarrass \| embarrassment \| embrangle \| entangle \| fabulous formless darkness \| faux pas \| fiasco \| floor \| flounder \| flummox \| flunk \| flurry \| fluster \| flutter \| fog \| fog up \| foozle \| foul up \| foul-up \| frenzy \| fuddle \| fuddlement \| fumble \| fuss \| fuzz \| garble \| get \| get along \| get by \| hash \| hassle \| haze \| huddle \| implicate \| involve \| jumble \| jumble together \| jungle \| keep in suspense \| knock galley-west \| knot \| license \| lick \| limp \| litter \| louse up \| lumber \| make do \| make it \| make uncertain \| mar \| maze \| mess \| mess up \| miscue \| mishmash \| mismanage \| misrule \| mist \| mix \| mix up \| mix-up \| moider \| morass \| muck \| muck up \| mud \| muddle through \| muddlement \| muddy \| muff \| mull \| murder \| murmur \| muss \| muss up \| mutter \| mystify \| nonplus \| obfuscate \| obscure \| overlook distinctions \| perplex \| perplexity \| perturb \| perturbation \| pi \| play havoc with \| play hob with \| pother \| pucker \| put out \| puzzle \| raise hell \| ramify \| rattle \| ravel \| riffle \| rile \| ruffle \| rummage \| scramble \| scrape along \| scrape through \| screw up \| screw-up \| shambles \| shuffle \| slip \| snafu \| snarl \| snarl up \| spoil \| stew \| stick \| stumble \| stump \| swallow \| sweat \| swivet \| tangle \| throw \| throw into confusion \| throw off \| tizzy \| topsy-turviness \| trip \| tumble \| unform \| unsettle \| unsettlement \| unshape \| upset \| washout See Also \| confuse \| difficulty \| disorder \| disorderliness \| dog's breakfast \| dog's dinner \| jumble \| mix up \| rile \| roil \| rummage Muddle In Webster's Dictionary \Mud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] He did ill to muddle the water. --L'Estrange. 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. --Bentley. Often drunk, always muddled. --Arbuthnot. 3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. [R.] They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it. --Hazlitt. 4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. --F. W. Newman. \Mud"dle\, v. i. 1. To dabble in mud. [Obs.] --Swift. 2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way. \Mud"dle\, n. A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness. We both grub on in a muddle. --Dickens.

Muddle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Muddle?

[n] informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
[n] a confused multitude of things
[v] mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
[v] make into a puddle; "puddled mire"

Muddle In Webster's Dictionary

\Mud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.]
1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.]

         He did ill to muddle the water.       --L'Estrange.

2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to
   intoxicate partially.

         Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and
         confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right
         way.                                  --Bentley.

         Often drunk, always muddled.          --Arbuthnot.

3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or
   intoxicated. [R.]

         They muddle it [money] away without method or
         object, and without having anything to show for it.
                                               --Hazlitt.

4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to
   muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. --F. W.
   Newman.


\Mud"dle\, v. i.
1. To dabble in mud. [Obs.] --Swift.

2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.


\Mud"dle\, n.
A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual
cloudiness or dullness.

      We both grub on in a muddle.             --Dickens.

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