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Meaning of 'muddle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Muddle [ n.]
- A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.
2 . Muddle [ v. i.]
- To dabble in mud.
- To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
3 . Muddle [ v. t.]
- To make turbid, or muddy, as water.
- To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.

Meaning of 'muddle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . muddle [ n]
Meaning (1):
- informal terms for a difficult situation
Example in sentence:
  • he got into a terrible fix;
  • he made a muddle of his marriage
2 . muddle [ v]
Meaning (2):
- mix up or confuse
Example in sentence:
  • He muddled the issues
Meaning (3):
- make into a puddle
Example in sentence:
  • puddled mire

Nearby Words:

mud mudar mudarin muddied muddily muddiness muddled muddlehead muddler muddling

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