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adjective
- 1. in a state of bewildered or bewildering confusion or disorder: "misplaced suggestions and muddled thinking" Similar Opposite
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1. : to make turbid or muddy. muddled the brook with his splashings. 2. : to befog or stupefy (see stupefy sense 1) especially with liquor. The drink muddled him and his voice became loud and domineering. 3. : to mix confusedly. muddles the household accounts. 4. : to make a mess of : bungle.
MUDDLED definition: 1. badly organized or confusing: 2. A person who is muddled is confused: 3. badly organized or…. Learn more.
an untidy or confused state: The documents were in a muddle. Whenever I go to Europe I get in a muddle about/over (= become confused about) how much things cost. Synonym. fuddle informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dirt & untidiness. bloodstain. clutter. contaminant. contamination. crud. fleck. grime. grunge. gunge. gunk. muck.
adjective. mixed up, confused, or disordered: The rejection is based on faulty underlying assumptions and muddled thinking. muddy, clouded, or obscured; murky: After a long winter season, your pool is most likely a tub of muddled water with foliage and twigs floating about.
Muddled things are all mixed-up and confused. Your mind might feel muddled when you first wake up from a long nap. Your school's football quarterback might get muddled and throw the ball the wrong way.
noun. the state or condition of being muddled, especially a confused mental state. a confused, disordered, or embarrassing condition; mess. Antonyms: order. verb phrase. to achieve a certain degree of success but without much skill, polish, experience, or direction:
1. a. To mix together, especially confusedly: The various flavors are muddled in this recipe. b. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler. 2. a. To put into a state of confusion; confuse: Emotional rhetoric will only muddle the debate on the issue. b. To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
To think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner: muddled along through my high-school years. n. 1. A disordered condition; a mess or jumble. 2. A state of mental confusion. 3. See muddler. Phrasal Verb: muddle through. To push on to a favorable outcome in a disorganized way.
The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay. ...domestic muddles and family tensions. Synonyms: confusion, mess, disorder, chaos More Synonyms of muddle. 2. verb. If you muddle things or people, you get them mixed up, so that you do not know which is which.
Definition of muddle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
