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muddle

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. muddle (verb)
  2. muddle through (verb)

1mud·dle

verb \ˈmə-dəl\
mud·dledmud·dling\ˈməd-liŋ, ˈmə-dəl-iŋ\

Definition of MUDDLE

transitive verb
1
: to make turbid or muddy
2
: to befog or stupefy especially with liquor
3
: to mix confusedly
4
: to make a mess of : bungle
intransitive verb
: to think or act in a confused aimless way
— mud·dler \ˈməd-lər, ˈmə-dəl-ər\ noun
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Examples of MUDDLE

  1. <a car shopper thoroughly muddled by too much well-meaning advice>
  2. <some mischievous brat had muddled the household accounts>

Origin of MUDDLE

probably from obsolete Dutch moddelen, from Middle Dutch, from modde mud; akin to Middle Low German mudde
First Known Use: 1676

Related to MUDDLE

Synonyms: addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, confuse, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex
Antonyms: arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy
Related Words: stick, stump, weird out; abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle; agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset; beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick
Near Antonyms: assure, reassure, satisfy; enlighten, inform
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Rhymes with MUDDLE

cuddle, fuddle, huddle, puddle, ruddle

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