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- DictionaryMud·dled/ˈmədəld/
adjective
- 1. in a state of bewildered or bewildering confusion or disorder: "misplaced suggestions and muddled thinking"
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.
noun [ S or U ] uk / ˈmʌd. ə l / us / ˈmʌd. ə l / Add to word list. C2. 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. blot. clutter.
The verb muddle, "to make confused or disordered," originally meant "destroy the clarity of," from its literal meaning, "to bathe in mud." Definitions of muddled. adjective. confused and vague; used especially of thinking. synonyms: addled, befuddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded. confused.
Check pronunciation: muddle. Definition of muddle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. /ˈmʌdld/ (especially British English) confused. He gets muddled when the teacher starts shouting. This is the result of muddled thinking. a muddled (= badly organized) attempt to rescue the situation. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
to behave, proceed, or think in a confused or aimless fashion or with an air of improvisation: Some people just muddle along, waiting for their big break. noun the state or condition of being muddled, especially a confused mental state.
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. [Possibly from obsolete Dutch moddelen, to make water muddy, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of *modden, to make muddy, from modde, mud .]
