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Difficult or tangled situations
Situations that require resolution
Plural for a state of complete disorder
“Things were in such a muddle that a mother cat would have lost her kittens.”
Plural for a disorganized assortment of things
“Strewn over a table under a lamp was a muddle of odds and ends such as had littered their mother's bed.”
Plural for a state of being mentally dazed
“I was in a muddle with a broken-down car before being helped out by some of the kind locals.”
Plural for a state of bewilderment of bemusement
“To what degree can comedy and tragedy, humor and pathos, be mixed without leaving the audience in a muddle?”
Plural for a mistake arising from or resulting in confusion
“The mayor is willing to get right in the middle of a bureaucratic muddle, to wade right in and say no to people.”
Plural for a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation
Plural for a state of uncertainty or indecisiveness
Plural for something that is a failure, typically resulting from incompetence
To cause disarray or disorganization in the order of
“During cross-examination, lawyers muddle the order of questions, unwittingly or deliberately to confuse children.”
To confound or perplex someone
“Pete's overuse of word salad would only serve to muddle her thoughts.”
To spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude
To disturb the composure of
To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive
To become entangled or intertwined
To move clumsily or as if unable to see
To mix up or agitate the contents of
To succeed despite difficult circumstances
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