"muddle" in the noun sense
1. clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
a confused multitude of things
2. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"
"he made a muddle of his marriage"
"muddle" in the verb sense
1. muddle, puddle
make into a puddle
"puddled mire"
2. addle, muddle, puddle
mix up or confuse
"He muddled the issues"
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