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Meanings of muddle in English

Portuguese
bagunça
Catalan
batibull
Spanish
mezcolanza

A confused multitude of things.

bagunça
Catalan
batibull
Spanish
lío

Informal terms for a difficult situation.

batibull
Portuguese
confundir
Catalan
confondre
Spanish
puddled mire

Mix up or confuse.

confundir
Usage of muddle in English
1
As a result, Park Hill is an expensive muddle at taxpayer's expense.
The Guardian
2
So in the best traditions of the British constitution things muddle through.
The Guardian
3
The girl watched the muddle of wheeled things and stiffened with indignation.
The Wrong Twin
4
In five minutes the picture was a formless, scarred muddle of colours.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
5
Add a measure of Signature Release and muddle all the ingredients together.
The Irish Times
6
To muddle the two is to eliminate the Gospel of Christ entirely.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
7
I felt as if I had landed everybody in a hopeless muddle.
The Knave of Diamonds
8
See the tangle and muddle that you are making of it all.
The Prelude to Adventure
9
All the rest of their lives is muddle and cruelty and misery.
The Research Magnificent
10
Her elfin features change into a delicate muddle of amusement and perplexion.
The Irish Times
11
When I remember him I generally make a muddle of the business.
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
12
All the muddle, the confusion of this lazy year should be healed.
Fortitude
13
In summary, it's been a muddle, or at best a muddle through.
The Guardian
14
People muddle through, he told himself, and that has to be sufficient.
The Centauri Device
15
Be a mon, and let me into the secret of this muddle.
At the Foot of the Rainbow
16
It is a muddle tempered by the ink-bottle, like every incipient government.
Poor Relations
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Translations for muddle
Muddle through the time
Muddle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common