muddled

mud·dle

M0464200 (mŭd′l)v. mud·dled, mud·dling, mud·dles v.tr.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). See Synonyms at befuddle.3. To mismanage or bungle: muddle a task.4. To make turbid or muddy.v.intr. To think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner: muddled along through my high-school years.n.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.

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[Possibly from obsolete Dutch moddelen, to make water muddy, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of *modden, to make muddy, from modde, mud.]

addled, muddled - Addled refers to mental confusion; muddled is anything confused or in a mess.See also related terms for mess.

Thesaurus

Adj.

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muddled - confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"woolly-headed, wooly-minded, wooly, addled, muzzy, woolly, befuddledconfused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

muddled

adjective1. incoherent, confused, loose, vague, unclear, woolly, muddleheaded the muddled thinking of the Government's transport policy
incoherent clear, exact, precise2. bewildered, confused, at sea, dazed, perplexed, disoriented, stupefied, befuddled I'm afraid I'm a little muddled. I don't know where to begin.3. jumbled, confused, disordered, scrambled, tangled, chaotic, messy, mixed-up, disorganized, higgledy-piggledy (informal), disarrayed a muddled pile of historical manuscripts
jumbled organized, orderly, cut-and-dried (informal)

Translations

糊涂的

muddle

(ˈmadl) verb to confuse or mix up. Don't talk while I'm counting, or you'll muddle me. 弄糊塗，弄亂 使糊涂，使混乱 noun a state of confusion. These papers keep getting in a muddle. 混亂 混乱ˈmuddled adjectivemuddled thinking. 糊里糊塗的 糊涂的ˈmuddle-headed adjective incapable of clear thinking. Men think that all women are muddle-headed. 糊里糊塗的 头脑糊涂的muddle along/through to progress in spite of one's unsatisfactory methods and foolish mistakes. 得過且過 得过且过muddle up to confuse (eg two different things). I'm always muddling the twins up; I've muddled up these book orders. 搞混 搞乱