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    muddled
    /ˈmʌdld/

    adjective

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  2. MUDDLED definition: 1. badly organized or confusing: 2. A person who is muddled is confused: 3. badly organized or…. Learn more.

  3. 1. : to make turbid or muddy. muddled the brook with his splashings. 2. : to befog or stupefy (see stupefy sense 1) especially with liquor. The drink muddled him and his voice became loud and domineering. 3. : to mix confusedly. muddles the household accounts. 4. : to make a mess of : bungle.

  4. 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. Synonym. fuddle informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dirt & untidiness. bloodstain. clutter. contaminant. contamination. crud. fleck. grime. grunge. gunge. gunk. muck.

  5. 1. variable noun [oft in/into a N] If people or things are in a muddle, they are in a state of confusion or disorder. My thoughts are all in a muddle. We are going to get into a hopeless muddle. ...a general muddle of pencils and boxes. [+ of] The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.

  6. adjective. If someone is muddled, they are confused about something. I'm afraid I'm a little muddled. I'm not exactly sure where to begin. ...the muddled thinking of the Government's transport policy in recent years. Synonyms: bewildered, confused, at sea, dazed More Synonyms of muddled. More Synonyms of muddled.

  7. 6 days ago · The verb muddle, "to make confused or disordered," originally meant "destroy the clarity of," from its literal meaning, "to bathe in mud." Definitions of muddled. adjective. confused and vague; used especially of thinking. synonyms: addled, befuddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded. confused.

  8. Definition of muddled adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.