Synonyms of muddied

muddied 1 of 2

adjective

as in muddled

Synonyms & Similar Words

• muddled
• puddled
• murky
• inky
• dingy
• sludgy
• hazy
• unfiltered
• scummy
• muddy
• opaque
• filmy
• turbid
• cloudy
• roiled
• riley

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• crystalline
• crystal clear
• filtered
• purified
• transparent
• colorless
• clarified
• uncolored

muddied

2 of 2

verb

past tense of muddy

1

as in puzzled

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puzzled
• baffled
• bewildered
• perplexed
• confused
• muddled
• befuddled
• disoriented
• vexed
• stunned
• rattled
• mystified
• embarrassed
• disturbed
• confounded
• discombobulated
• posed
• fuddled
• flummoxed
• flustered
• addled
• bamboozled
• bothered
• graveled
• bemused
• gravelled
• foxed
• befogged
• buffaloed
• mazed
• upset
• unsettled
• got
• vext
• beat
• stuck
• blew one's mind
• went to one's head
• distressed
• agitated
• disconcerted
• stumped
• mortified
• weirded out
• nonplussed
• discomfited
• nonplused
• perturbed
• disquieted
• fazed
• discomforted
• misled
• abashed
• dismayed
• discountenanced
• unhinged
• deceived
• misguided
• deluded
• chagrined
• duped
• tricked
• discomposed
• fooled
• strung along
• beguiled
• hoodwinked
• snowed
• gulled
• cozened
• took in
• humbugged
• hoaxed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• assured
• informed
• reassured
• enlightened

2

as in confused

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confused
• blurred
• clouded
• obfuscated
• complicated
• fogged
• disrupted
• beclouded
• perplexed
• sophisticated
• befogged
• tangled
• muddled
• snarled
• jumbled
• upset
• entangled
• dishevelled
• scrambled
• shuffled
• disheveled
• disarranged
• disordered
• tousled
• disturbed
• mixed (up)
• disarrayed
• discomposed
• messed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarified
• cleared (up)
• simplified
• illuminated
• streamlined
• unraveled
• straightened (out)
• disentangled
• analyzed
• undid
• decoded
• deciphered
• untangled
• broke down
• unscrambled

3

as in stained

to make dirty

forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stained
• blackened
• dirtied
• sullied
• smudged
• soiled
• messed
• besmirched
• mired
• mucked
• grimed
• begrimed
• befouled
• smirched
• polluted
• daubed
• contaminated
• fouled
• distained
• tainted
• bemired
• gaumed
• muddled
• discolored
• defiled
• jumbled
• dishevelled
• confused
• disheveled
• disarranged
• draggled
• disordered
• disarrayed
• crocked
• collied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleaned
• cleansed
• purified
• purged
• swept
• washed
• wiped
• decontaminated
• disinfected
• brushed
• sanitized
• scrubbed
• rinsed
• dusted
• renewed
• brightened
• scoured
• mopped
• laundered
• freshened
• straightened (up)
• dry-cleaned
• deodorized
• spruced (up)
• tidied (up)