muddled

mud·dle  (mdl)

v. mud·dled, mud·dling, mud·dles

v.tr.

1. To make turbid or muddy.

2. To mix confusedly; jumble.

3. To confuse or befuddle (the mind), as with alcohol. See Synonyms at confuse.

4. To mismanage or bungle.

5. To stir or mix (a drink) gently.

v.intr.

To think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner: muddled along through my high-school years.

n.

1. A disordered condition; a mess or jumble.

2. Mental confusion.

Phrasal Verb:

muddle through

To push on to a favorable outcome in a disorganized way.

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[Possibly from obsolete Dutch moddelen, to make water muddy, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of *modden, to make muddy, from modde, mud.]

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muddler n.

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addled, muddled - Addled refers to mental confusion; muddled is anything confused or in a mess.

See also related terms for mess.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

muddled - confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" woolly-headed, wooly-minded, wooly, addled, muzzy, woolly, befuddled confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

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muddled

adjective

1. incoherent, confused, loose, vague, unclear, woolly, muddleheaded the muddled thinking of the Government's transport policy
incoherent clear, exact, precise

2. bewildered, confused, at sea, dazed, perplexed, disoriented, stupefied, befuddled I'm afraid I'm a little muddled. I don't know where to begin.

3. jumbled, confused, disordered, scrambled, tangled, chaotic, messy, mixed-up, disorganized, higgledy-piggledy (informal), disarrayed a muddled pile of historical manuscripts
jumbled organized, orderly, cut-and-dried (informal)

Translations

muddled [ˈmʌdld] ADJ [account, explanation] → confuso, lioso; [ideas, article, thinking] → confuso, poco claro; [person] → confundido, liado
I'm afraid I'm a little muddled → me temo que estoy un poco confundido, me temo que estoy un poco liado

muddled [ˈmʌd^əld] adj (= confused) [person] → perdu(e); [ideas, approach] → confus(e)
muddle-headed [ˌmʌd^əlˈhɛdɪd] adj [person] → brouillon; [plan, ideas] → confus

muddled

adj → konfus; person also → durcheinander pred; thoughts, ideas also → verworren, wirr; to get muddled (up) (things) → durcheinandergeraten; (person) → konfus werden; to be muddled about something → verwirrt über etw (acc) → sein; set out in a muddled way → ziemlich konfus angelegt; he has a rather muddled way of doing things → er macht alles ziemlich kompliziert; in a muddled way it does make sense → es ist zwar verworren, ergibt aber doch einen Sinn