Muddling Synonyms and Antonyms

Mix up or confuse
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. confusing
  2. ruffling
  3. throwing
  4. puzzling
  5. perplexing
  6. mystifying
  7. jumbling
  8. fuddling
  9. perturbing
  10. dizzying
  11. discombobulating
  12. addling
  13. confounding
  14. bewildering
  15. befuddling
  16. disturbing
Antonyms:
  1. enlightening
  2. educating
  3. ordering
  4. explicating
  5. explaining
  6. organizing
To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. blowing
  2. spoiling
  3. muffing
  4. mismanaging
  5. mishandling
  6. fumbling
  7. bungling
  8. botching
  9. boggling
  10. blundering
To put into total disorder
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. snarling
  2. scrambling
  3. jumbling
  4. disordering
  5. confusing
To put out of proper order
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tumbling
  2. upsetting
  3. unsettling
  4. jumbling
  5. disturbing
  6. disrupting
  7. disorganizing
  8. disordering
  9. disarranging
  10. deranging
To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. befuddling

Words Related to Muddling

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Muddling Sentence Examples

  • Muddling through the sensations, she sensed her father's magic.

  • Another opportunity for making political capital was provided by the publication of the report of the royal commission on the Boer War under Lord Elgin's chairmanship, which horrified the country by its disclosures (August 26th) as to the political and military muddling which had gone on, and the want of any efficient system of organization.

  • It's all those damned Germans' muddling!

  • A common approach is to lightly muddle spearmint leaves in the bottom of a glass, although some people believe that muddling bruises the mint and compromises the quality.

  • To avoid the mint leaves in your teeth scenario, infuse your simple syrup with mint leaves rather than muddling the leaves while making the cocktail.

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