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muddled
[ muhd-ld ]
adjective
- mixed up, confused, or disordered:
The rejection is based on faulty underlying assumptions and muddled thinking.
- muddy, clouded, or obscured; murky:
After a long winter season, your pool is most likely a tub of muddled water with foliage and twigs floating about.
- (of an ingredient) mixed, crushed, or mashed into a drink, especially with a muddler:
The freshly muddled kiwi adds an unexpected flavor to this handmade cocktail.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of muddle.
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ܻ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of muddled1
Example Sentences
Too often, the desire to unnerve audiences takes priority, resulting in the metaphor being muddled between jump scares and gore.
Thursday's developments muddled the timeline for any potential decision on the brothers' fate.
The directors’ statements that the film is not political and has no messaging other than realism are further muddled by the final two frames.
“It’s all really muddled in chaos, which is sort of the point,” one Forest Service employee told ProPublica.
He said Trump's new raft of tariffs that were due to begin on Wednesday could be economically catastrophic, and that the messaging behind them had been muddled.
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