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Meanings of
muddle
in English
Portuguese
bagunça
Catalan
batibull
Spanish
mezcolanza
Back to the meaning
A confused multitude of things.
jumble
smother
clutter
welter
fuddle
mare's nest
Portuguese
bagunça
Catalan
batibull
Spanish
lío
Back to the meaning
Informal terms for a difficult situation.
hole
fix
mess
jam
pickle
kettle of fish
Catalan
batibull
Synonyms
Examples for "
jumble
"
jumble
smother
clutter
welter
fuddle
Examples for "
jumble
"
1
The latest text, however, was from a
jumble
of letters and numbers.
2
It was bought at a
jumble
sale in Dublin 30 years ago.
3
Food for the sheep, I thought, through a
jumble
of half-formed words.
4
The Labour conference in Liverpool this week had that
jumble
sale feel.
5
Finally, in this
jumble
of ideas, professional instinct got the upper hand.
1
Through the
smother
came the loud moaning of fog-horns in the Firth.
2
But he hadn't left it there long enough for her to
smother
.
3
A whitecap foamed above it and broke across in a snow-white
smother
.
4
It was harsh, but it was the only way not to
smother
.
5
And when I smell ghosts, I can
smother
myself in my pocket-handkerchief.
1
Remove excess
clutter
throughout the house, ensuring all shelving areas are clear.
2
Very few people actually enjoy cleaning the house and organising the
clutter
.
3
Very few people actually enjoy cleaning the house and organizing the
clutter
.
4
The search must go on, notwithstanding the
clutter
in the kitchen closet.
5
In terms of reducing
clutter
and stress, these were some badly-needed enhancements.
1
The disputed issues contain a
welter
of detail and causes for division.
2
The disposal continues a
welter
of dealmaking in the Austrian property sector.
3
He too was left behind in a
welter
of kicking, stabbing men.
4
Its right arm flew off in a
welter
of flesh and bone.
5
I was a
welter
when I broke into the fighting game, but--
1
God preserve us from
fuddle
-
headed
young men who want money for building cloud-castles!
2
One day Mr. Kordé had drunk himself into an unusual state of
fuddle
.
3
Do you think you can
fuddle
me with a mass of words, Mr. Harley?
4
But there is no doubt that the lion of the evening
was
-
the
"
fuddle
.
"
5
The horrid creatures are going to
fuddle
at the tea-garden, and get tipsy like their masters.
1
I assure you, you have found a
mare
's
nest
this time.
2
And, after all, I may have found only a
mare
's
nest
.
3
Neal, the next time you find a
mare
's
nest
,
keep the secret to yourself.
4
Ask him in Italian, Griffin, what
mare
's
nest
he has run foul of now.
5
A
mare
's
nest
-
just
as
he had prophesied to Miss Jeffries.
Portuguese
confundir
Catalan
confondre
Spanish
puddled mire
Back to the meaning
Mix up or confuse.
puddle
addle
Portuguese
confundir
Usage of
muddle
in English
1
As a result, Park Hill is an expensive
muddle
at taxpayer's expense.
2
So in the best traditions of the British constitution things
muddle
through.
3
The girl watched the
muddle
of wheeled things and stiffened with indignation.
4
In five minutes the picture was a formless, scarred
muddle
of colours.
5
Add a measure of Signature Release and
muddle
all the ingredients together.
6
To
muddle
the two is to eliminate the Gospel of Christ entirely.
7
I felt as if I had landed everybody in a hopeless
muddle
.
8
See the tangle and
muddle
that you are making of it all.
9
All the rest of their lives is
muddle
and cruelty and misery.
10
Her elfin features change into a delicate
muddle
of amusement and perplexion.
11
When I remember him I generally make a
muddle
of the business.
12
All the
muddle
,
the confusion of this lazy year should be healed.
13
In summary, it's been a
muddle
,
or at best a
muddle
through.
14
People
muddle
through, he told himself, and that has to be sufficient.
15
Be a mon, and let me into the secret of this
muddle
.
16
It is a
muddle
tempered by the ink-bottle, like every incipient government.
Other examples for "muddle"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
muddle
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
muddle through
muddle along
awful muddle
hopeless muddle
make a muddle
More collocations
Translations for
muddle
Portuguese
bagunça
confundir
baralhar
Catalan
batibull
barrejadissa
mescladissa
barrija-barreja
confusió
merder
garbuix
galimaties
embull
embolic
confondre
embrollar
enredar
embolicar
Spanish
mezcolanza
confusión
lío
puddled mire
embarullar
charco
confundir
enredar
mezclar
encharcar
desconcertar
Muddle
through the time
Muddle
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common