MUDDLING Synonyms

• indistinct or hazy in outline

• unclear in form or expression

• showing lack of skill or aptitude

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

• causing confusion or disorientation

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• in disarray

• undisciplined and unruly

• in utter disorder

• completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing

• lacking order or methodical arrangement or function

• so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

• very drunk

• filled or abounding with fog or mist

• indistinct or hazy in outline

• without logical or meaningful connection

• (physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation

• unable to express yourself clearly or fluently

• confused and vague; used especially of thinking

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• cause to be confused emotionally

• an unsteady uneven gait

• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

• walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly

• miss a step and fall or nearly fall

• encounter by chance

• make an error

• a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

• a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid

• something resembling a pool of liquid

• wade or dabble in a puddle

• subject to puddling or form by puddling

• dip into mud before planting

• work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

• mess around, as in a liquid or paste

• make into a puddle

• make a puddle by splashing water

• mix up or confuse

• eliminate urine

• mix up or confuse

• become rotten

• a confused multitude of things

• unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen

• fill a space in a disorderly way

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something

• a confused multitude of things

• make stupid with alcohol

• consume alcohol

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly