Meaning of "muddle" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUDDLE

Perhaps from Middle Dutch moddelen to make muddy.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MUDDLE

muddle  [ˈmʌdəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUDDLE

Muddle is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb muddle in English.

WHAT DOES MUDDLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Muddle

Muddle may refer to: ▪ Mr. Muddle, one of the Mr. Men from the children's book series by Richard Hargreaves ▪ MDL, the Lisp-derived language that Zork was first written in ▪ MUDDL, a programming language originally created for the first Multi-User Dungeon by Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw ▪ Mudlle, a programming language originally created for the MUD MUME by David Gay and Gustav Hållberg ▪ Muddle...

Definition of muddle in the English dictionary

The first definition of muddle in the dictionary is to mix up ; jumble. Other definition of muddle is to confuse. Muddle is also to make muddy or turbulent.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MUDDLE

PRESENT

Present

I muddle

you muddle

he/she/it muddles

we muddle

you muddle

they muddle

Present continuous

I am muddling

you are muddling

he/she/it is muddling

we are muddling

you are muddling

they are muddling

Present perfect

I have muddled

you have muddled

he/she/it has muddled

we have muddled

you have muddled

they have muddled

Present perfect continuous

I have been muddling

you have been muddling

he/she/it has been muddling

we have been muddling

you have been muddling

they have been muddling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I muddled

you muddled

he/she/it muddled

we muddled

you muddled

they muddled

Past continuous

I was muddling

you were muddling

he/she/it was muddling

we were muddling

you were muddling

they were muddling

Past perfect

I had muddled

you had muddled

he/she/it had muddled

we had muddled

you had muddled

they had muddled

Past perfect continuous

I had been muddling

you had been muddling

he/she/it had been muddling

we had been muddling

you had been muddling

they had been muddling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will muddle

you will muddle

he/she/it will muddle

we will muddle

you will muddle

they will muddle

Future continuous

I will be muddling

you will be muddling

he/she/it will be muddling

we will be muddling

you will be muddling

they will be muddling

Future perfect

I will have muddled

you will have muddled

he/she/it will have muddled

we will have muddled

you will have muddled

they will have muddled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been muddling

you will have been muddling

he/she/it will have been muddling

we will have been muddling

you will have been muddling

they will have been muddling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would muddle

you would muddle

he/she/it would muddle

we would muddle

you would muddle

they would muddle

Conditional continuous

I would be muddling

you would be muddling

he/she/it would be muddling

we would be muddling

you would be muddling

they would be muddling

Conditional perfect

I would have muddle

you would have muddle

he/she/it would have muddle

we would have muddle

you would have muddle

they would have muddle

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been muddling

you would have been muddling

he/she/it would have been muddling

we would have been muddling

you would have been muddling

they would have been muddling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you muddle
we let´s muddle
you muddle

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to muddle

Past participle

muddled

Present Participle

muddling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MUDDLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «muddle» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of muddle

befuddle · bewilder · chaos · clutter · confound · confuse · confusion · daze · disarray · disorder · disorganization · disorient · fankle · hodgepodge · hotchpotch · jumble · mess · mix-up · perplex · perplexity · plight · predicament · ravel · scramble · stupefy · tangle

TRANSLATION OF MUDDLE

Find out the translation of muddle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of muddle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «muddle» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 困惑
• Translator English - Spanish: enredo
• English: muddle
• Translator English - Hindi: अव्यवस्था
• Translator English - Arabic: تَشَوُّشٌ
• Translator English - Russian: путаница
• Translator English - Portuguese: desordem
• Translator English - Bengali: বিহ্বলতা
• Translator English - French: pagaille
• Translator English - Malay: kekacauan
• Translator English - German: Durcheinander
• Translator English - Japanese: 混乱状態
• Translator English - Korean: 뒤죽박죽
• Translator English - Javanese: Muddle
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tình trạng lộn xộn
• Translator English - Tamil: குளறுபடிகள்
• Translator English - Marathi: गोंधळ
• Translator English - Turkish: karışıklık
• Translator English - Italian: disordine
• Translator English - Polish: zamieszanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: безлад
• Translator English - Romanian: harababură
• Translator English - Greek: ανακατωσούρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: warboel
• Translator English - Swedish: röra
• Translator English - Norwegian: rot

10 QUOTES WITH «MUDDLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word muddle.

1

Tom Baker

I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been rather a muddle and a disappointment. Compared to Doctor Who, it has been an outrageous failure really - it's so boring.

2

Antony Beevor

It is this compulsion to look backwards at a time of crisis because one's got no idea of what lies ahead. There is a notion of security that somehow it must resemble the past. It's never going to. Just because we muddled through in the past doesn't mean we can automatically muddle through in the future.

3

Jane Goodall

I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder to communicate.

4

Peter MacKay

If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.

5

Louis MacNeice

I am 33 years old, and what can I have been doing that I still am in a muddle? But everyone else is, too; maybe our muddles are concurrent.

6

Elaine Paige

If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.

7

Anthony Sampson

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

8

Shel Silverstein

Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.

9

James Stephens

If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is.

10

Harold Wilson

I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUDDLE»

Discover the use of muddle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to muddle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Muddle Jungle

Welcome to the jungle – shh, don’t make a sound! Jack the Jungle Ranger is looking all around… Meet Jack the Jungle Ranger and all the animals he looks after, in this fun-filled book.

‎2006

Muddle Farm: A Magnetic Play Book

Farmer Muddle's animals keep getting mixed up, in this book with magnetic pages and fifteen animal magnets that young readers can move around as suggested in the text. (back cover) Axel Scheffler Muddle Farm A Magnetic Play Book There are ...

Axel Scheffler, 2007

Thomas' Milkshake Muddle (Thomas and Friends)

Based on the latest Thomas DVD release, three new adventures find Thomas carefully taking milk to the dairy to make ice cream for a big party, Toby feeling left out when all the engines get a new coat of paint--except for him--and Neville ...

Random House, Terry Palone, Terry Permane, 2007

Muddle Earth

Where would you find a perfumed bog filled with pink sticky hogs and exploding gas frogs? A place that’s home to a wizard with only one spell, an ogre who cries a lot and a very sarcastic budgie? Welcome to Muddle Earth.

Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, 2012

New Weapons, Old Politics: America's Military Procurement Muddle

Looks at how politics affects U.S. weapons procurement and argues that the government too often tries to buy research and development on the cheap

Thomas L. McNaugher

Magic Muddle!

The Fairy Olympics are coming to Fairy Gropplethorpe's Academy for Good Fairies, and Airy Fairy's prospects, none too good to begin with, are not being helped by Scary Fairy.

Margaret Ryan, Teresa Murfin, 2005

Canada's Greatest Wartime Muddle: National Selective Service ...

To determine the government's commitment to a comprehensive mobilization strategy, Stevenson considers the effect of NSS policies on eight significant sectors of the Canadian population: Native Canadians, university students, war industry ...

Michael D. Stevenson, 2001

Shady Brook and Deeper Waters: Cherry Shooters, Slingshots, ...

In "Shady Brook and Deeper Waters," he shares the stories and life lessons learned during his childhood and youth in this rural community during and after World War II. Presenting a collection of essays previously published as newspaper ...

James D. Howell, 2013

Middle Is Muddle

Here is nothing new, the original thought dealt with anew, differently spectacled. Proceed." Raja Choudary Sajja Narendra SajjaPlease visit my webpage at www.wonderisindia.com

Raja Choudary Sajja, 2005

The Adventures of the Muddle-headed Wombat

Illustrated by Noela Young.

Ruth Park, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUDDLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term muddle is used in the context of the following news items.

Municipal bylaw enforcement is quite the muddle

I think most people are familiar by now with the situation involving the young Kanata couple who decided to grow a vegetable garden in front of ... «www.insideottawavalley.com/, Jul 15»

PRINCETON: Sanctuary status sends a muddle message

On Wednesday, July 1, a young woman named Kathryn Steinle was shot in the chest in broad daylight on a popular pedestrian pier in San ... «Packet Online, Jul 15»

Fair Work Center helps workers muddle through new labor standards

In the past three years, Seattle has enacted four new citywide laws, and it's not just the $15 minimum wage. There's the Job Assistance ... «Real Change News, Jul 15»

Acquisition muddle: HC orders status quo on Babatpur-Bhadohi …

The court while directing to maintain “strict status quo with respect to nature and possession over the land” set July 29 as the next date of ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

Opinion: Glasgow Free Pride - a terrible muddle?

“Free Pride” have gotten themselves into a terrible muddle and attracted a lot of negative publicity both in Scotland and internationally for a ... «KaleidoScot, Jul 15»

BCCI in a muddle

In forming a working group and giving it six weeks to consider the verdict that the Justice Lodha committee has handed down with a degree of ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»

Iran nuclear deal typical of Mideast muddle

Iranians celebrate on the streets following a nuclear deal with major powers, in Tehran July 14, 2015. Iran's president Hassan Rouhani said on ... «Sault This Week, Jul 15»

Divorced Couple's Feud Over Embryo Can Muddle Fertility Clinics …

Divorced Couple's Feud Over Embryo Can Muddle Fertility Clinics' Operations. By Staff Reporter / Jul 15, 2015 06:28 AM EDT. Tags : Mimi Lee, Stephen Findley ... «Parent Herald, Jul 15»

How China's stock-market muddle may spread to wider economy

Despite China's troubled stock markets finding a floor last week, do not expect any quick return to normality. The dramatic stock rout and ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»

Opinion: How China's stock-market muddle may spread to wider …

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Despite China's troubled stock markets finding a floor last week, do not expect any quick return to normality. «MarketWatch, Jul 15»