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mud·dle
 muddle
- pronunciation:
- muh
d
 l
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
muddled, muddles, muddling |
| definition 1: |
to cause to be confused; mix up.
The new teacher muddled the names of her students.- synonyms:
- jumble, mess up, mix up, scramble
- similar words:
- clutter, confuse, disorder, litter, muss, tumble
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| definition 2: |
to do badly; to make a mess of.
Because he rushed, he muddled the drawing.- synonyms:
- mess up
- similar words:
- blow, blunder, fumble, ruin, spoil, wreck
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| definition 3: |
to think or act in a confused way.
After getting only three hours of sleep, Tom just muddled about all morning. |
| related words: |
bewilder, blunder, complicate, frustrate, scramble, snarl |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a confused state; mess.
Sue's first day of middle school was a muddle.Looking for his sweater, he made a muddle of the closet.- synonyms:
- bewilderment, confusion, daze, disorder, fog, jumble, mess, tangle
- similar words:
- chaos
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| related words: |
bind, confusion, daze, disorder, litter |
| derivations: |
muddled (adj.), muddlingly (adv.), muddledness (n.) |
The word muddle originally meant "to stir up mud."
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