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muddle

noun

1 muddle

A confused multitude of things.

synonyms: clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, smother, welter.

Roget 497: absurdity, absurdness etc. adj.; imbecility etc. 499; alogy, nonsense, utter nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; stultiloquy, ... show more

Roget 59: disorder; derangement etc. 61; irregularity; anomaly etc. (unconformity) 83; anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness ... show more

Dutch: rommel, rotzooi, jungle, oerwoud

2 muddle

Informal terms for a difficult situation:
— He made a muddle of his marriage.

synonyms: fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, pickle.

Dutch: opstopping, repareren, jam, gaatje

verb

1 muddle

Make into a puddle.

synonym: puddle.

Roget 458: be inattentive etc. adj.; overlook, disregard; pass by etc. (neglect) 460; not observe etc. 457; think little of.    close one's eyes to, ... show more

Roget 61: derange; disarrange, misarrange; displace, misplace; mislay, discompose, disorder; deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize; embroil, unsettle, ... show more

2 muddle

Mix up or confuse:
— He muddled the issues.

synonyms: addle, puddle.

Dutch: door mekaar mengen, verwarren


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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