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muddle
Synonyms and Antonyms of muddle
- things at the newly built school were all in a muddle on opening day
- I was in such a muddle after the accident that I didn't know where I was
- the new, supposedly improved forms simply put taxpayers in a bigger muddle
bafflement, bamboozlement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, confusedness, confusion, discombobulation, distraction, fog, head-scratching, maze [chiefly dialect], mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, tangle, whirl
- a muddle of old magazines piled on the shelves
agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macédoine, medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety, welter
detritus, notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries
accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomeration
admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-up
bollix, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, dog's breakfast [chiefly British], mess, morass, shambles
muddle
Synonyms and Antonyms of muddle
- a car shopper thoroughly muddled by too much well-meaning advice
abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle
agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset
beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick
- some mischievous brat had muddled the household accounts
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