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Thesaurus: muddle

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

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  1. v. t. To make turbid, or muddy, as water.
  2. v. t. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
  3. v. t. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
  4. v. t. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.
  5. v. i. To dabble in mud.
  6. v. i. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
  7. n. A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.
  8. n. a confused multitude of things
  9. n. informal terms for a difficult situation
  10. v. make into a puddle
  11. v. mix up or confuse