About The Word Muddle
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Muddle
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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. |
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