muddle
State of disorder
Muddle describes a state of confusion or disorder, whether mental or physical.
If you're in a muddle, you're bewildered or your affairs are disorganized: I'm in a muddle about what to do next.
To muddle something is to mix it up confusedly or bungle it.
In bartending, however, to muddle means to crush ingredients like mint or fruit in the bottom of a glass to release their flavors.
If you muddle through, you manage to cope despite confusion or lack of skill.
Disorderly, troublesome condition
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- disarrayLack of order
- clutterUntidy collection of items
tangle · shambles · hodgepodge · mishmash · snarl · confusion · mix-up · hash
Cause mental disorientation
- bewilderCause utter confusion
- perplexCause utter confusion
- befuddleTo thoroughly confuse
- disorientCause mental confusion
baffle · puzzle · flummox · mystify · obfuscate · discombobulate · confound · fog
mess
Disorderly, troublesome condition
clutter · tangle · shambles · hodgepodge · mishmash · snarl · confusion · mix-up · hash · botch
confuse
Cause mental disorientation
disorient · baffle · puzzle · flummox · mystify · obfuscate · discombobulate · confound · fog · blur
bungle
Fail through clumsiness
- botchSpoil through incompetence
- fumbleHandle with clumsy fingers
- mishandleManage incompetently or roughly
mismanage · mess up · foul up · flounder · stumble · err · mistake · gaffe · misstep · cock-up
stir
Mix by circling
combine · bruise · press · macerate · pulp · pestle · cocktail · mint · bitters · mojito
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- mix-upsmix-up, mistake, error, confusion, mix
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- incomprehensionconfusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, perplexity, bafflement
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- mishapsmishap, accident, mistake, blunder, error
muddleorder
Methodical arrangement or request
organization · arrange · organize · arrangement · system
muddleclarity
State of being understandable
lucidity · understanding · comprehension · levelheadedness · alertness
- muddles alongProceeds without clear direction
- muddy waterLiquid clouded with soil
- muddle throughProceed without clear direction
- muddy the watersDeliberately confuse an issue
- muddling alongManaging without clear direction
- muddling throughProceeding despite confusion
muddy, muddled, muddles, muddling, muddle up, muddiness, muddler, muddle through