muddles
Throws into disarray
Muddles is the verb form of muddle, meaning to confuse, mix up, or handle clumsily.
Someone who muddles through a task manages it despite confusion or lack of skill: She muddles through the recipe without measuring anything.
To muddle things together is to jumble or blur distinctions between them: He always muddles the twins' names.
In bartending, one muddles mint or fruit by crushing it in the glass.
Causes mental confusion
- bewildersCauses thorough confusion
- confusesCauses mental disarray
- perplexesCauses mental confusion
- bafflesPerplexes or confuses deeply
fuddles · flusters · discombobulates · addles · disorients · clouds · obscures · obfuscates
befuddles
Causes mental confusion
baffles · fuddles · flusters · discombobulates · addles · disorients · clouds · obscures · obfuscates · blurs
stirs
Blends by circling
combines · mingles · concocts · incorporates · melds · intermingles · muddlers · bitters · cocktails · mojitos
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
- puzzlerspuzzle master, brainteasers, brain-teasers, conundrums, enigmas
- stunsamazes, astounds, dumbfounds, stuns, shocks
- distortionsdistort, distorts, deform, warp, twist
muddlesclarifies
Makes more understandable
enlightens · elucidates · illuminates · explains · demystifies
muddlesorganizes
Puts into systematic order
orders · arranges · sorts · systematizes · sorts out
muddlesclarifies
Makes more understandable
explains · spells out · articulates · lays out · specifies
- muddles alongProceeds without clear direction
- muddle throughProceed without clear direction
- muddling alongManaging without clear direction
- muddling throughProceeding despite confusion
- muddled alongProceeded without clear method
- muddled throughManaged despite confusion
muddle, muddled, muddling, muddle up, muddler, muddle through