muddle

noun

A mixture; a confusion; a garble.

(cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.

(archaic) A muddy mess.

(India, historical) A servant's attendant; underservant.

verb

To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.

To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.

To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

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 make turbid or muddy.

To dabble in mud.

Synonyms for muddle

jumblen messn addlev fuddlen cluttern confusionn confusev tanglen mishmashn disarrayn discombobulationn discombobulatev flummoxv befuddlev bollixv bewilderv confoundv morassn mussn shamblesn perplexv

Words related to muddle

muddlern disarrangingv imbroglion confusednessn befoggedadj muddlehead mussinessn roilv embroilmentn confusinglyadv addlebrainedadj stirv muddiesadj hodgepodgen bewilderinglyadv weltern mussyadj unsnarlv farragon

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