muddle
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Synonyms: meddle, cuddle, huddle, puddle, fuddle, middle, suddle, ruddle, nuddle, maddle, buddle
Antonyms: meddle, cuddle, huddle, puddle, fuddle, middle, suddle, ruddle, nuddle, maddle, buddle
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Verb
- To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
- Young children tend to muddle their words.
- To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
- He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.
- To dabble in mud.
- To make turbid or muddy.
- To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
- To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
Noun
- A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
- The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.
- A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
- A muddy mess.
Noun
- A servant's attendant; underservant.
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