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- DictionaryMud·dled/ˈmədəld/
adjective
- 1. in a state of bewildered or bewildering confusion or disorder: "misplaced suggestions and muddled thinking"
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.
verb (used without object) , mud·dled, mud·dling. 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.
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 definition: 1. badly organized or confusing: 2. A person who is muddled is confused: 3. badly organized or…. Learn more.
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).
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.
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.
If you muddle things or people, you get them mixed up, so that you do not know which is which. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names. [VERB noun] Synonyms: jumble, confuse, disorder, scramble More Synonyms of muddle. Muddle up means the same as muddle.
A muddle is something that's messy and confusing. If your bedroom looks like a hurricane just hit it, you might describe it as a muddle. Oftentimes, we create the muddles in our lives, so it’s appropriate that muddle can be used as a verb meaning “to mix up” or “confuse.”.
Definition of muddle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.