muddle definition | Cambridge Essential English Dictionary

Definition of muddle in Essential British English Dictionary

muddle

noun
mainly UK
uk
/ˈmʌdl/
a situation in which things are not organized and people do not understand what they should do:
There was a big muddle over who was buying the tickets.
I’m in such a muddle with these bills.

muddle

verb
mainly UK
uk
/ˈmʌdl/
 
muddling | muddled
 get someone/something muddled up
to think that a person or thing is someone or something else:
I often get Jonathan and his brother muddled up.

(Definition of muddle from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of muddle

in Chinese (Traditional)
混亂狀態, 糟糕局面…
in Chinese (Simplified)
混乱状态, 糟糕局面…
in Spanish
confusión, confundir…
in Portuguese
confusão, bagunça, confundir…
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混乱…
karışıklık, kargaşa, dağınıklık…
embrouiller, fouillis…
confusió, embolic…
in de war brengen, warboel…
اِرْتِباك, تَخَبُّط…
splést, smíchat, zmatek…
forvirre, forkludre, virvar…
membingungkan, kebingungan…
ทำให้ยุ่งเหยิง, ความวุ่นวาย…
làm lộn xộn, tình trạng lộn xộn…
zamęt, mętlik, poplątać…
mencampuradukkan, bercelaru…
durcheinanderbringen, das Durcheinander…
forvirre, forkludre, rot…
혼잡…
плутати, плутанина…
confusione, disordine, confondere…
путаница, неразбериха…
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