| VERB | contact | muddle, puddle | make into a puddle |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | muddle, addle, puddle | mix up or confuse | |
| NOUN | state | muddle, clutter, jumble, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother | a confused / confused multitude of things |
| state | muddle, fix, hole, jam, mess, pickle, kettle of fish | informal terms for a difficult situation |
| Sounds | mah'dahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A confused / confused multitude of things. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | clutter, jumble, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother | |
| Narrower | rummage | A jumble of things to be given away |
| Broader | disorderliness, disorder | A condition in which things are not in their expected places |
| Spanish | confusión, desorden, mezcolanza, revoltijo | |
| Catalan | barrejadissa, barrija-barreja, batibull, confusió, mescladissa | |
| Verbs | muddle | mix up or confuse |
| Meaning | informal terms for a difficult situation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he made a muddle of his marriage" | |
| Synonyms | fix, hole, jam, mess, pickle, kettle of fish | |
| Narrower | dog's breakfast, dog's dinner | A poor job |
| Broader | difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome |
| Spanish | atolladero, berenjenal, embrollo, enredo, lío, maraña, taco | |
| Catalan | batibull, embolic, embull, galimaties, garbuix, merder | |
| Meaning | make into a puddle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | puddle | |
| Broader | roil, rile | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of |
| Spanish | charco, embarullar, embrollar, encharcar, enredar, puddled mire | |
| Catalan | embolicar, embrollar, enredar | |
| Meaning | mix up or confuse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He muddled the issues" | |
| Synonyms | addle, puddle | |
| Broader | jumble, confuse, mix up | Assemble without order or sense |
| Spanish | confundir, desconcertar, embarullar, enredar, mezclar | |
| Catalan | confondre, embolicar | |
| Nouns | muddle | a confused / confused multitude of things |
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