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1. (noun) clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
a confused multitude of things

2. (verb) fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

3. (verb) muddle, puddle
make into a puddle
"puddled mire"

4. (verb) addle, muddle, puddle
mix up or confuse
"He muddled the issues"

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Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (noun) muddle
a state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness

2. (verb) muddle
to make turbid, or muddy, as water

3. (verb) muddle
to cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially

4. (verb) muddle
to waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated

5. (verb) muddle
to mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify

6. (verb) muddle
to dabble in mud

7. (verb) muddle
to think and act in a confused, aimless way

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