muddleheaded
adjective
mud·dle·head·ed
ˌmə-dᵊl-ˈhe-dəd 
muddleheadedly
adverb
muddleheadedness
noun
Synonyms
- addle
- addled
- addlepated
- bedeviled
- befogged
- befuddled
- bemused
- bewildered
- bushed [chiefly Australian]
- confounded
- confused
- dazed
- distracted
- dizzy
- dopey
- dopy
- fogged
- mixed-up
- muzzy
- pixilated
- pixillated
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- raddled
- shell-shocked
- silly
- slaphappy
- spaced-out
- spaced
- spacey
- spacy
- stunned
- stupefied
- zonked
- zonked-out
Examples of muddleheaded in a Sentence
a muddleheaded waiter gave us another party's bill
Recent Examples on the Web
Gail Collins, writing with her usual almost-pristine ignorance in the New York Times, offers a very fine example of how muddleheaded progressives are on this issue.
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Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Feb. 2022
Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Feb. 2022
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“Muddleheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muddleheaded. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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