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Definition: Muddleheaded |
MuddleheadedAdjective1. Stupid and confused; used especially of persons; "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: MuddleheadedSynonyms: addlebrained (adj), addlepated (adj), potty (adj), puddingheaded (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Muddleheaded |
| English words defined with "muddleheaded": addlebrained, addlepated ♦ potty, puddingheaded. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "muddleheaded"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sekapäinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | brouillon, écervelé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מבולבל (addled, confused, disturbed, flurried, fuddled, incoherent, perplexed, upset), מטומטם (bird brained, dense, dopey, dullard, gaga, goon, half wit, halfwitted, imbecile, lame brain, lout, oafish, obtuse, sot, stupid, thickheaded, woodenheaded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uddleheadedmay zbrkan (confused, fuddled, hugger mugger, jumbled, mazy, messy, muddled, muddle-headed, pell mell), smeten (addle-brained, confused, muddle-headed, puzzled, puzzle-headed, streaked). (various references) sersem (addle-brained, addle-headed, addle-pated, clod, dizzy, dope, dozy, dull, dullard, foggy, foolish, giddy, gunsel, happy, light-headed, muzzy, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, oaf, oafish, opaque, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, scatty, sheepish, silly, slob, stupid, woozy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "muddleheaded": muddleheadedly, muddleheadedness, muddleheadednesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "muddleheaded" (pronounced mu"dulhe'dud) |
| 5 | -h e' d u d | hardheaded, lightheaded, redheaded, spearheaded, wrongheaded. |
| 4 | -e' d u d | homesteaded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, concluded, confided, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, derided, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, eluded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, guided, handed, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, loaded, lopsided, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, misguided, molded, needed, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, pounded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, pretended, prided, proceeded, prodded, propounded, provided, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, resided, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, sounded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, undecided, underfunded, underhanded, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, yielded. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-d-d-e-e-e-h-l-m-u" | |
-4 letters: deleaded. | |
-5 letters: adeemed, daddled, deluded, huddled, medaled, meddled, muddled. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-d-d-e-e-e-h-l-m-u" | |
+2 letters: muddleheadedly. | |
+4 letters: muddleheadedness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 64 64 6C 65 68 65 61 64 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- -.. -.. .-.. . .... . .- -.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01100100 01100100 01101100 01100101 01101000 01100101 01100001 01100100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u d d l e h e a d e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 0064 0064 006C 0065 0068 0065 0061 0064 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478770707871747167707170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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