Synonyms for muddle

Synonyms for (noun) muddle

Synonyms: pickle, hole, muddle, mess, jam, kettle of fish, fix

Definition: informal terms for a difficult situation

Usage: he got into a terrible fix; he made a muddle of his marriage

Similar words: difficulty

Definition: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

Usage: grappling with financial difficulties


Synonyms: jumble, mare's nest, welter, smother, clutter, muddle, fuddle

Definition: a confused multitude of things

Similar words: disorder, disorderliness

Definition: a condition in which things are not in their expected places

Usage: the files are in complete disorder


Synonyms for (verb) muddle

Synonyms: muddle, puddle, addle

Definition: mix up or confuse

Usage: He muddled the issues

Similar words: confuse, mix up, jumble

Definition: assemble without order or sense

Usage: She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence


Synonyms: puddle, muddle

Definition: make into a puddle

Usage: puddled mire

Similar words: roil, rile

Definition: make turbid by stirring up the sediments of


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