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muddled

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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.

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

muddler n.

addled, muddled - Addled refers to mental confusion; muddled is anything confused or in a mess.
See also related terms for mess.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.muddled - confused and vaguemuddled - confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

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 muddledme temo que estoy un poco confundido, me temo que estoy un poco liado
muddled [ˈmʌdəld] adj (= confused) [person] → perdu(e); [ideas, approach] → confus(e)
muddle-headed [ˌmʌdəlˈhɛdɪd] adj [person] → brouillon; [plan, ideas] → confus
muddled
adjkonfus; person alsodurcheinander pred; thoughts, ideas alsoverworren, wirr; to get muddled (up) (things) → durcheinandergeraten; (person) → konfus werden; to be muddled about somethingverwirrt über etw (acc)sein; set out in a muddled wayziemlich konfus angelegt; he has a rather muddled way of doing thingser macht alles ziemlich kompliziert; in a muddled way it does make sensees ist zwar verworren, ergibt aber doch einen Sinn


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Montgomery followed with stumbling footsteps, his hands in his pockets, his face downcast; he was in a state of muddled sullenness with me on account of the brandy.
His practised eye perceived her gradually emerge from a muddled mist of sentiment until her brain burned in drunken heat.
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