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muddlenoun a state in which everything is out of orderthings at the newly built school were all in a muddle on opening day chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riotknot, snarl, tanglelabyrinth, maze, webmaelstrom, stormbollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shufflehodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley order, orderliness method, pattern, plan, system a state of mental confusionI was in such a muddle after the accident that I didn't know where I was daze, dazedness, fog, haze, spin, swoon reverie, stupor, trancebefuddlement, bewilderment, perplexity, puzzlementdelirium, malaise, paralysiscloudiness, fogginess alertness, levelheadedness a state of mental uncertaintythe new, supposedly improved forms simply put taxpayers in a bigger muddle bafflement, bamboozlement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, confusedness, confusion, discombobulation, distraction, fog, head-scratching, maze(chiefly dialect), mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, tangle, whirl abashment, discomfiture, disconcertment, embarrassment, mortificationagitation, chagrin, discomfort, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, perturbation, upsetbother, commotion, dither, flurry, fluster, fuss, stew, turmoil assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, positiveness, sureness an unorganized collection or mixture of various thingsa muddle of old magazines piled on the shelves agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macédoine, medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety, welter detritus, notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundriesaccumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomerationcatchalladmixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-upbollix, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, dog's breakfast(chiefly British), mess, morass, shamblesimbroglio, knot, snarl, tangle muddleverbto throw into a state of mental uncertaintya car shopper thoroughly muddled by too much well-meaning advice addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex stick, stump, weird outabash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattleagitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upsetbeguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick blow one's mind, go to one's head assure, reassure, satisfyenlighten, inform to undo the proper order or arrangement ofsome mischievous brat had muddled the household accounts confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset embroil, entangle, snarl, tangleagitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettleclutter arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal(also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy align(also aline), line, line up, queueclassify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemizeadjust, fixgroom, make up, spruce (up)unscramble in 1676 |