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Noun muddle has 2 senses
- clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, welter, smother - a confused multitude of things
--1 is a kind of disorderliness, disorder
--1 has particulars: rummage
- 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"
--2 is a kind of difficulty
--2 has particulars: dog's breakfast, dog's dinner
Verb muddle has 2 senses
- muddle, puddle - make into a puddle; "puddled mire"
--1 is one way to roil, rile
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- addle, muddle, puddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
--2 is one way to jumble, confuse, mix up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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