Muddle

Definition: Muddle

Muddle

Noun

1. A confused multitude of things.

2. Informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage".

Verb

1. Make into a puddle; "puddled mire".

2. Mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "muddle" was first used: 1596. (references)

Computing

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Synonyms: Muddle

Absurdity

Blunder, muddle, bull; Irishism, Hibernicism; slipslop; anticlimax, bathos; sophism.

Arrangement

Verb: derange; disarrange, misarrange; displace, misplace; mislay, discompose, disorder; deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize; embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble; shuffle, randomize; huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot; bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder; muss; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon.

Disorder

Noun: disorder; derangement; irregularity; anomaly; (unconformity); anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness; Adjective: disunion; discord. confusion; confusedness; Adjective: mishmash, mix; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber; cahotage; farrago; mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge; hotch-potch, hotch-pot; imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley; mere mixture; fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles.

Imbecility Folly

Weak headed, addle headed, puzzle headed, blunder headed, muddle headed, muddy headed, pig headed, beetle headed, buffle headed, chuckle headed, mutton headed, maggoty headed, grossheaded; beef headed, fat witted, fat-headed.

Inattention

Call off the attention, draw off the attention, call away the attention, divert the attention, distract the mind; put out of one's head; disconcert, discompose; put out, confuse, perplex, bewilder, moider, fluster, muddle, dazzle; throw a sop to Cerberus.

Prodigality

Verb: be prodigal; Adjective: squander, lavish, sow broadcast; pour forth like water; blow, blow in; pay through the nose; (dear); spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable; run out, run through; misspend; throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet; burn the candle at both ends; make ducks and drakes of one's money; fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money; pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; manger son ble en herbe.

Uncertainty

Not know what to make of; (unintelligibility), not know which way to turn, not know whether one stands on one s head or one's heels; float in a sea of doubt,hesitate, flounder; lose oneself, lose one's head; muddle one's brains.

Waste

Cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander.

Crosswords: Muddle

An Artist's Muddle (1920)

Luke's Movie Muddle (1916)

A Muddle in Horse Thieves (1913)

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Books

• Anarchy in the UK: The Cheap Access Muddle [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• In a Muddle (Voyages) (reference)

• Mouse Woman & Muddle Heads (reference)

• Postman Pat 3 - In a Muddle (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Muddle [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Expressions using "muddle": get in a muddle ♦ get into a muddle ♦ in a muddle ♦ muddle along ♦ muddle away ♦ muddle on ♦ muddle one's brains ♦ muddle through ♦ muddle up. Additional references.

Beginning with "muddle": muddle-head, Muddle-headed, muddle-headedness.

Ending with "muddle": thick-muddle.

Albanian

ngatërroj (bedevil, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, disorient, disorientate, disturb, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, entangle, entrap, flummox, fuddle, garble, hash, immerse, implicate, intricate, involve, jerk off, jumble, lug in, make a hash of cutting, make a mess of, mess about, mistake, mix up, monkey, muddy, put out, Ravel, snarl, tamper, tie up), ngatërresë (complication, confusion, embroilment, entanglement, hindrance, huddle, imbroglio, intricacy, mess, mix, moil, Mull, network, nodus, nonsense, nuisance, obstruction, quarrel, Ravel, razzle, razzle-dazzle, toss), bëj lëmsh (ball, mix up, welter), çrregullim (bewilderment, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, dislocation, disorder, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, excess, foul up, hugger mugger, mess, misrule, mix, muss, turmoil, upset). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوضى (anarchy, chaos, clatter, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, hugger mugger, jumble, lawlessness, litter, mess, misrule, mix up, muss, rumpus, shambles, topsy turvy, turmoil, welter), ‏كدر (annoy, annoyance, cloudiness, distress, disturb, embitter, make turbid, muddiness, muddy, offend, roil, ruffle, spoil, trouble, turbid, turbidity, unsettle), ‏لوث بالوحل (bemire, muddy), ‏تشوش ذهني, ‏عكر (derange, disturb, muddy, roil, trouble, turbid, turbidity), ‏خفق (baulk, beat, beating, bust, collapse, come, come to grief, dilute, fall, fizzle out, flap, flummox, flunk, go by the board, go wrong, goof, misfire, miss, pit-a-pat, pound, pulsate, pulsation, throb, whip), ‏جعله موحل, ‏إختلاط (admixture, chaos, criss cross, promiscuity), ‏شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, fuddle, garble, gum up, hamper, jam, jumble, mire, mix up, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, smudge, unhinge, unsettle). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смущение (abashment, alarm, bewilderment, confusion, discomposure, disorder, disturbance, embarrassment, intimidation, perplexity, perturbation, ruffle, uneasiness, upset), смущавам (become confused, confound, confuse, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, flurry, gravel, incommode, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, perturb, put off, put out, rattle, ruffle, throw out, unbalance, violate, wake, wilder), разкалвам (puddle), развалям (alloy, bitch, blunder, break up, change, contaminate, corrupt, deprave, disaffirm, injure, louse up, mangle, mess about, mess around, murder, mutilate, nip, perish, queer, spoil, uglify, undo, vitiate), размътвам (addle, mud, muddy, obfuscate, puddle, stir), разбърквам (addle, agitate, clutter, derange, disarrange, disorder, jumble, litter, mess up, mix, mix up, puddle, rumple, scramble, tousle, trouble, tumble, unbalance, unfix, unsettle), обърквам (abash, addle, baffle, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disjoint, dislocate, distract, embarrass, embroil, flatten, flummox, fluster, foil, fuddle, gravel, jumble, maze, mess about, mess around, mess up, muff, muss, nonplus, obfuscate, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put off, put out, puzzle, sew up, snarl, stonker, throw out, tumble, vex, wilder), обърканост (blankness, complexity, confusion, distraction, fluster, fog, harassment, indigestion, involution, maze, puzzle, puzzlement), оплесквам (besmear, dash, dub, foozle, foul up, hash, louse up, make a mess, make sad work of, mess, muff, screw up, slobber, spatter, splash, sully), неразбория (double dutch, jumble, mess, mix up, muss), бъркотия (bungle, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disturbance, dust, farrago, fuss, hash, havoc, huddle, hugger mugger, hurry-scurry, imbroglio, involution, involvement, jumble, jungle, maze, melee, mess, mess up, mishmash, mix, mix up, muss, patchwork, pell mell, razzle, razzle-dazzle, rout, salmagundi, skein, snafu, tangle, tumble, uproar, upset, welter), безпорядък (disarray, disorder, disorganization, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, litter, misrule, moil, muck). (various references)

Chinese 

混乱 (Chaotic, Clamorous, Confusion, Disarray, Disordered, disorganise, disorganised, Disorganize, Disorganized, Disorganizing, mess, Muddled, Muddling, ravel). (various references)

Czech

zmotat (Ravel), zmatek (anarchy, bewilderment, chaos, circus, clutter, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, embroilment, fluster, hash, hodge-podge, jumble, maze, mess up, mix up, moil, Mull, nonplus, non-plus, pandemonium, perplexity, perturbation, puzzlement, shambles, stew, tangle, tempest, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnup, upset, welter), zamíchat co èím, splést (intertwine, mess, mislead). (various references)

Farsi 

گیجی (Bafflement, Quandary, Razzledazzle, Stun, Stupefaction, Stupor), گیج کردن (Astonish, Befuddle, Bemuse, Bewilder, Confound, Confuse, Daze, Distract, Fox, Fuzz, Knockdown, Perplex, Petrify, Stump, Stun, Stupefy), تیرگی (Blur, Fog, Gloom, Obscurity), خراب کردن (Amortize, Botch, Corrupt, Demolish, Destroy, Deteriorate, Devastate, Dilapidate, Disfigure, Impair, Muck, Ruin, Ruinate, Unbuild, Undo, Unmake, Vitiate, Wrack, Wreck), درهم وبرهم کردن (Disorganize, Snafu, Tangle). (various references)

Finnish

sotku (jumble, mess, tangle), sekoittaa (blend, mingle, mistake for, mix, mix blend, mix in, mix up, put in, shuffle, stir, stir up), sekamelska (medley, mess). (various references)

French

embrouillage. (various references)

German

verwirren (befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, dazzle, disarrange, disorient, entangle, fluster, fuddle, jumble, muddle up, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, Ravel, ruffle, ruffle up, tangle, tangle up, to confuse, to derange, to disarrange, to discombobulate, to disconcert, to dishevel, to disorient, to distract, to embarrass, to fluster, tousle, unsettle). (various references)

Greek 

συγχέω (becloud, confound, confuse, fuddle, jumble, snafu), συγχύζω (addle, becloud, confound, derange, discompose, disconcert, distract, obfuscate), συγχύζομαι, μπερδεύω (baffle, bemuse, complicate, confound, confuse, enmesh, jumble, kink, mix up), ανακατεύω (admix, blend, churn, mix, pie, ruffle, scramble, shuffle the cards, stir), θολώνω (bedim, cloud, obfuscate, roil, snafu, steam up). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשכר (befuddle, intoxicate), לשבש (cripple, derange, dislocate, disrupt, queer, upset), לערבב (blend, confuse, jumble, mess, mingle, mix, scramble, stir, temper), לבלבל (bedevil, confound, confuse, disarrange, disconcert, disturb, flummox, mix up, perturb), לבחוש (mix, stir), לבזבז (dissipate, spend, spoil, squander, waste), לטמטם (fuddle, stupefy), ערבובי�" (clutter, confusion, disorder, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodgpodge, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mess, mingle-mangle, mishmash, muss, pastiche, tumble, welter). (various references)

Hungarian

zûrzavar (chaos, clutter, confusion, disorder, embroilment, helter-skelter, huddle, hurly burly, jumble, maze, melee, mess, muss, pandemonium, snafu, tumult, turbulence), felfordulás (cataclysm, clutter, combustion, commotion, confusion, convulsions, earthquake, hoo-ha, hoopla, huddle, hurly burly, hurly-burly, hurry-skurry, mess, mix, mix-up, muss, subversion, tangled skein, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, upset, upsetting, whoop-de-doo), elfuserál (bungle, foozle, screw up, to bitch, to boss, to botch, to make a mess of sg, to mess up, to muck up, to muddle up, to mull, to muss, to slobber), összezavar (befuddle, disarrange, disarray, disorder, embroil, entangle, mess, mess about, mess up, mix up, obfuscate, perturb, to addle, to baffle, to ball up, to confound, to confuse, to darken, to disarray, to dislocate, to disorder, to elf, to ensnarl, to entangle, to foul up, to involve, to mess up, to mix up, to muddle up, to muss, to obfuscate, to perturb, to play the devil with sg, to play the very devil with sg, to scramble, to snarl, to unsettle). (various references)

Indonesian

kekisruhan (chaos, confusion), kacau (disordered, disorderly, entangled), campur aduk. (various references)

Italian

scompiglio (chaos, confusion, disarray, hurly burly, mess), guazzabuglio (bungle, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, jumble, mixture), farragine (farrago, jumble), disordine (confusion, disarray, disorder, disorderliness, disturbance, helter-skelter, intemperance, mess, untidiness, upset), confusione (abashment, ado, bedlam, carry on, chaos, clutter, commotion, confusion, disorder, disturbance, embarrassment, fuss, haze, hotchpotch, hubbub, jumble, mess, mix up, noise, pother, puzzledom, shambles, stir), confondere (abash, addle, baffle, beat, become confuse, bemuse, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, embarrass, foil, garble, get mixed up, jumble, merge, mistake, mix, mix up, mystify, obfuscate, puzzle, stump). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

乱雑 (affray, clutter, confusion, disorder, promiscuity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ら�"ざつ (affray, clutter, confusion, disorder, promiscuity). (various references)

Manx

whumm, mestane, fud y cheilley (at variance, chaotic, confused, confusing, confusion, dishevelled, disorder, disordered, embarrassed, flustered, mixed up, muddled, perplexed, tangled, topsy-turvy), corvaal (chaos, confusion, mix up, shambles, turmoil), brockey (bungle, muck, waste, waste as food), brock (botch, bungle, cock-up, fiasco, hash, refuse, remains; badger, slip up, wastage), broagey. (various references)

Pig Latin

uddlemay.(various references)

Portuguese

trapalhada (foul-up, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, huddle, imbroglio, jumble, medley, mess, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix, moil, mull, muss, puddle), perturbar o espírito, estragar (blunder, botch, bungle, deface, deteriorate, dilapidate, disconcert, foul up, impair, injure, mar, mess, muck, overset, poison, queer, rub, screw up, spoil), embrulhada (embroilment, gallimaufry, imbroglio, intricacy, involution, moil, mull, puddle), embaralhar (ball, jumble, mess around, mix up, obscure, shuffle), desordem (affray, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, discomposure, donnybrook, fray, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurry-scurry, jumble, litter, mess, misrule, mush, muss, pandemonium, pell-mell, perturbation, riot, rough-and-tumble, rout, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scuffle, stir, topsy-turvy, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, untidiness, uproar, upset), confusão (baffle, bedlam, bother, bungle, clutter, confusion, daze, disarray, discomfiture, discomposure, disturbance, donnybrook, embroilment, entanglement, fog, foul-up, fuddle, intricacy, involution, involvement, jumble, kettle of fish, labyrinth, macaroni, maze, medley, mess, mind-breaker, mingle-mangle, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix-up, moil, mull, muss, olio, pandemonium, pell-mell, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puddle, puzzle, ravel, rough-and-tumble, rout, shuffle, skein, to-do, tumble, turbidity, turmoil), confundir (addle, astonish, astound, baffle, befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, confusing, confute, daze, dazzle, disarray, disconcert, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, flabbergast, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, fog, gravel, interfuse, intermingle, jumble, maze, mistake, mix up, moider, muddy, mull, nonplus, obfuscate, obscure, overwhelm, perplex, put out, puzzle, rattle, ravel, stagger), barafunda (confusion, mess, topsy-turvy, turmoil), balbúrdia (agitation, bedlam, confusion, foul-up, fracas, mess, racket, riot, rumpus, stirabout, tumult, uproar), atrapalhar (confuse, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, flurry, hinder, inhibit, mix up, nonplus, obscure, perplex, prevent, puzzle, rattle). (various references)

Romanian

zãpãci (addle, bedazzle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dizzy, embrangle, entangle, flurry, gravel, jumble, knot, maze, muss, nonplus, pie, pose, shuffle), zãpãcealã (Babel, bewilderment, confusion, daze, discomfiture, disorder, distraction, entanglement, flurry, fuddle, haze, jumble, kerfuffle, mix up, topsy turvy), tulbura (agitate, bewilder, cloud, confuse, disconcert, distract, disturb, flurry, flutter, fret, incommode, indispose, interrupt, intrude upon, Mar, muddy, perturb, puddle, ripple, stir, trouble, upset, vex, worry), talmeş-balmeş (confusion, farrago, fustian, glory-hole, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, hurry-scurry, jumble, mix up, olio, topsy turvy, upside down, welter), strica (bastardize, batter, bedevil, blast, blight, break, bungle, contaminate, corrupt, crack, cripple, damage, debauch, decompose, deface, deflower, demolish, deprave, derange, destroy, disarrange, disconcert, disfigure, disorganize, disturb, flaw, frustrate, hackle, harm, hurt, impair, injure, Mar, muck, pervert, pip, quash, rot, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, wreck), harababurã (confusion, fuss, glory-hole, hubbub, jumble, mess, mix up, motley, pease meal, pell mell, turmoil, welter), face de mântuialã (fudge, mess, slobber, underwork), confuzie (bewilderment, blankness, clutter, confusion, disorder, distraction, embroilment, fuss, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, mix up, obfuscation, shuffle, storm, tumble), cârpãci (botch, bungle, mess, mess up, patch up), amesteca (admix, adulterate, amalgamate, attemper, blend, combine, commingle, compound, concoct, confound, confuse, cross, dilute, embroil, entangle, immix, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, intersperse, involve, jumble, medley, melt, merge, mingle, mix, pie, poison, rabble, shuffle, temper, work), amestec (admixture, blend, composite, compound, concoction, connection, crossing, disarray, farrago, fusion, hash, hotchpotch, huddle, interference, intermixture, intervening, jumble, mash, medley, mixture, olio, omnium gatherum, palaver), încurca (complicate, confound, confuse, cumber, discomfit, embrangle, embroil, entangle, floor, foul, gravel, hamper, hash, hinder, intertangle, involve, jumble, maze, medley, nonplus, perplex, pile up, pose, put out, puzzle, restrain, shuffle, sputter, stump, tangle, trouble), încâlci (confound, entangle, intertangle, mat, tangle), îmbãta (flush, inebriate, intoxicate, swill, tipple). (various references)

Russian 

неразбериха (bewilderment, box-up, confusion, hurrah's nest, mix, mix up, pell mell, pell-mell, skein, snafu, topsy-turvydom, welter), путать беспорядок, путаница в голове, делать кое-как (foozle, fudge). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zbrkati (confuse, fuddle), zbrka (bungle, confusion, disarray, fuddle, helter-skelter, hugger mugger, imbroglio, jumble, macaronics, maze, mess, mishmash, muss, omnium gatherum, pell mell, welter), zamrsiti (foul, foul up, mesh, mess up, ravel, tangle), nered (clatter, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, mess, snafu, trouble, tumble). (various references)

Spanish

perplejidad (bewilderment, disconcertedness, embarrassment, mystification, nonplus, perplexity, puzzlement), lío (bundle, caper, clutter, do, fuss, game, hash, hassle, imbroglio, intrigue, liaison, mess, mix up, package, palaver, pell mell, pellmell, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrape, snarl up, stink, tangle, truss, wad), introducir el desorden en, enredo (build up, do, embroilment, entanglement, hanky panky, involvement, jam, love affair, maze, mess, plot, Ravel, tangle), embrollo (confusion, embroilment, entanglement, fix, fraud, imbroglio, jam, tangle, trick), embrollar (embroil, entangle, foul up, jam, perplex, tangle), desorden (chaos, clutter, confusion, defile, disarray, disorder, lawlessness, litter, muss, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, untidiness), dejar perplejo (beat, perplex, throw), confusión (abashment, baffle, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, fluster, fog, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, knockabout, litter, maze, mess, mix up, mix-up, mystification, perplexity, pother, puzzlement, shambles, tangle, turmoil, welter), confundir (abash, baffle, beat, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, disarrange, discombobulate, dish, distract, embrangle, flummox, fluster, Fox, mistake, mix, mix up, nonplus, obscure, rattle, throw), aturdir (abash, befuddle, bemuse, confound, confuse, daze, distract, drug, fluster, fuddle, intoxicate, knock out, numb, stun, stupefy). (various references)

Swedish

oreda (confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, distraction, disturbance, embroilment, hurry-scurry, mess, Ravel, shambles, tangle). (various references)

Thai

ทำให้ยุ่งเหยิง (clutter, hash, obfuscate, ravel, tangle), ทำให้มึน, ความวุ่นวาย (combustion, snafu), คิ�"เรื่อยเปื่อย (muddily). (various references)

Turkish

yüzüne gözüne bulaştırmak (boggle, botch, bungle, crab, fluff, foozle, goof up, hash, hash up, make a hash of, make a mess of, make cock-up of smth., mess things up, mess up, scamp), sersemlik (daze, dizziness, dullness, fuddle, giddiness, silliness, stupidity, stupor), karıştırmak (add, admix, amalgamate, blend, churn, commingle, commix, complicate, concoct, confound, confuse, darken, diffuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, disturb, embroil, entangle, ferret about, foul, foul up, hash, implicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, inweave, jumble, jumble together, jumble up, knot, litter, make hay of smth., meld, mess, mess smth. about, mess up, mingle, mistake, mix, mix up, monkey around with, monkey with, muss, pick, poke, poke up, Ravel, ruffle, scramble, scramble together, scramble up, shuffle, snarl, stir, stir up, tamper with, tangle, tousle, trim, tumble, unsettle, weave), karışıklık (bedlam, bungle, cataclysm, chaos, clamor, clamour, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, confusion, disarrangement, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disturbance, dogs dinner, embroilment, ferment, fermentation, fray, frenzy, fuss, fuss and kerfufle, grab bag, havoc, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hurly burly, imbroglio, indiscrimination, intricacy, involution, jungle, kerfufle, maziness, mess, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix up, muss, perturbation, pie, pother, pretty kettle of fish, promiscuity, Ravel, riot, rough and tumble, ruckus, ruction, snafu, snarl, snarl up, stir, swirl, tangle, topsyturvy, topsyturvydom, tumble, turbidity, turbulence, unrest, upheaval, upset, wooliness, woolliness), karışık şey (complex, farrago, hash, hodgpodge, melange, mess, olio, tangled thing), becerememek (boggle, botch, bungle, bust, do badly, fail, goof, goof up, make sorry show, muff), şaşkınlık (amazement, astonishment, being surprised, bewilderment, blankness, confusion, consternation, daze, discomfiture, embarrassment, fuddle, gape, maze, nonplus, perplexity, puzzle, puzzlement, surprise, wonder, wonderment). (various references)

Turkmen 

яalсyюdyrmak (confuse, mix up). (various references)

Ukrainian

змішане товариство, бентежити (abash, affront, bewilder, confound, confuse, damp, dank, daunt, disarray, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dismay, disorder, embarrass, embrangle, flummox, overset, perplex, perturb, puddle, puzzle, upturn), псувати (alloy, bedevil, blemish, blight, blur, break, corrupt, cripple, debase, deface, deform, degrade, deprave, destroy, deteriorate, discount, disfigure, do for, envenom, erode, flaw, make miserable, mess, mismanage, muff, perish, prejudice, punish, queer, spoil, vitiate, waste), плутати (addle, ball, bedevil, perplex, snarl, wander), плутанина (boggle, confusion, derangement, embroilment, hubbub, hurly burly, intricacy, involute, jumble, maze, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix up, muss, patchwork, pell mell, pellmell, puddle, skein, snarl, snarl up, tangle, wooliness, woolliness). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tình trạng lung tung, tình trạng lộn xộn (mess, mix-up, mull, pell-mell, topsyturvydom, trouble). (various references)

Welsh

tryblith (chaos), stomp (botch, bungle, mess), cyboli (bother, mess, talk nonsense). (various references)

moddelen. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "muddle": muddled, muddleheaded, muddleheadedly, muddleheadedness, muddleheadednesses, muddler, muddlers, muddles. (additional references)

Words ending with "muddle": bemuddle. (additional references)

Words containing "muddle": bemuddled, bemuddles. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Muddle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Duddle, guddle, Maddle, middled, modle, Mudale, mudde, Muddie, muddlec, muddlee, muddleh, muddlen, mudel, Mudgley, mudler, mudre, Naddle. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: muled.

-2 letters: dude, duel, leud, lude, meld, mule.

-3 letters: del, dud, due, eld, elm, emu, led, leu, lum, med, mel, mud.

-4 letters: de, ed, el, em, me, mu, um.

+1 letter: moulded, muddled, muddler, muddles.

+2 letters: bemuddle, deplumed, drumbled, muddlers, mudslide, unmolded.

+3 letters: bemuddled, bemuddles, displumed, modulated, mouldered, mudslides.

+4 letters: bemuddling, cuddlesome, demodulate, duodecimal, medullated, multisided, smouldered.

+5 letters: demodulated, demodulates, demodulator, duodecimals, loudmouthed, maladjusted, midlatitude, misguidedly, modularized, multibladed, multiheaded.