muddlenoun [ S or U ]
uk/ˈmʌd.əl/us/ˈmʌd.əl/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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- filthiness
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused