Muddle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make turbid or muddy.
  • v. To mix confusedly; jumble.
  • v. To confuse or befuddle (the mind), as with alcohol. See Synonyms at confuse.
  • v. To mismanage or bungle.
  • v. To stir or mix (a drink) gently.
  • verb-intransitive. To think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner: muddled along through my high-school years.
  • n. A disordered condition; a mess or jumble.
  • n. Mental confusion.
  • phrasal-verb. muddle through To push on to a favorable outcome in a disorganized way.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
  • v. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
  • n. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make turbid, or muddy, as water.
  • v. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
  • v. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
  • v. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; ; also, to perplex; to mystify.
  • verb-intransitive. To dabble in mud.
  • verb-intransitive. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
  • n. A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make foul, turbid, or muddy, as water.
  • To bewilder; perplex.
  • To intoxicate partially; cloud or stupefy, particularly with liquor: as, to muddle one's brains.
  • To spend profitlessly; waste; misuse; fritter: usually with away.
  • To bring into a state of confusion; make a mess of.
  • To mix; stir: as, to muddle chocolate or drinks.
  • To contract filth; become muddy or foul.
  • To become confused, especially from drink.
  • To potter about; wander confusedly.
  • n. A mess; dirty confusion; filth.
  • n. Intellectual confusion; cloudiness; bewilderment.
  • n. A kind of chowder; a pottle made with crackers. See pottle, 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make into a puddle
  • n. a confused multitude of things
  • n. informal terms for a difficult situation
  • v. mix up or confuse
  • Verb Form
    muddled    muddles    muddling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    roil    rile    jumble    confuse    mix-up   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    confuse    mystify    stupefy    confusion    disorder   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Udell    befuddle    cuddle    huddle    puddle    ruddle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    predicament    disarray    jumble    nuisance    drudgery    thought    turmoil    duffer    carnage    bounder