The meaning of MUDDLE is to make turbid or muddy. How to use muddle in a sentence.

If people or things are in a muddle, they are in a state of confusion or disorder. My thoughts are all in a muddle. We are going to get into a hopeless muddle. The laws led to confusion, muddle …

MUDDLE definition: to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble. See examples of muddle used in a sentence.

MUDDLE meaning: 1. a confused or untidy state: 2. to make something confusing, or to get confused and mix up…. Learn more.

To mix together, especially confusedly. The various flavors are muddled in this recipe. To put into a state of confusion; confuse. Emotional rhetoric will only muddle the debate on the issue. To …

to behave, proceed, or think in a confused or aimless fashion or with an air of improvisation:Some people just muddle along, waiting for their big break. muddle through, to achieve a certain …

Dec 14, 2025 · muddle (third-person singular simple present muddles, present participle muddling, simple past and past participle muddled) To mix together, to mix up; to confuse. …

Conveniently, though, the word muddle also describes a way out of difficult situations; to muddle through a troublesome task is to somehow figure it out, even if you don’t quite know what …

(chiefly Brit) They got in/into a muddle over the train schedule. There's been a bit of a muddle [= mix-up] about the plan. His mind was a muddle.

Definition of muddle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.