What is another word for muddled?
868 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈʌdə͡ld], [ mˈʌdəld], [ m_ˈʌ_d_əl_d]
Muddled is a term used to describe a state of confusion or disorder, and there are various synonyms that can be used to describe this condition. Some of the most common synonyms for muddled include confused, bewildered, disoriented, scattered, jumbled, chaotic, and haphazard. These words all share a similar meaning, which is to describe a state of confusion or disarray. Other synonyms for muddled can include befuddled, addled, cluttered, and mixed up, all of which describe a state of confusion or uncertainty. Regardless of which synonym one chooses to use, they all convey a sense of confusion or disorder that is difficult to understand or navigate.
Synonyms for Muddled:
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adj.
• chaotic- Disintegrated ,
- amorphous ,
- anarchical ,
- anarchistic ,
- blurry ,
- chaotic ,
- cluttered ,
- deformed ,
- deranged ,
- disarrayed ,
- discomposed ,
- disheveled ,
- disorderly ,
- embroiled ,
- formless ,
- frantic ,
- frenzied ,
- fuzzy ,
- inchoate ,
- incoherent ,
- inconsistent ,
- indefinite ,
- indistinct ,
- inexact ,
- insane ,
- irregular ,
- jumbled ,
- lawless ,
- lax ,
- loose ,
- obscure ,
- out of control ,
- perturbed ,
- rambunctious ,
- shapeless ,
- tempestuous ,
- tumultuous ,
- undisciplined ,
- uneven ,
- unruly ,
- wild .
- at sixes and sevens ,
- come apart ,
- shot to pieces ,
- thrown off balance ,
- unscrewed ,
- convoluted ,
- glassy-eyed ,
- mixed up ,
- out to lunch .
- drunk as a skunk ,
- half-seas over ,
- high as a kite ,
- Half seas over ,
- be sotted ,
- be-sotted ,
- drunk as skunk ,
- halfseas over ,
- high as kite ,
- in cups ,
- in one cups ,
- in ones cups ,
- more inebriate ,
- most inebriate .
- awe struck ,
- be fuddled ,
- be wildered ,
- be-fuddled ,
- be-wildered ,
- in dither ,
- more agape ,
- more appalled ,
- more astonished ,
- more astounded ,
- more awe struck ,
- more awe-struck ,
- more awed ,
- more awestruck ,
- more baffled ,
- more dazzled ,
- more flabbergasted ,
- more floored ,
- more mystified ,
- more rattled ,
- more staggered ,
- more unglued ,
- most agape ,
- most appalled ,
- most astonished ,
- most astounded ,
- most awe struck ,
- most awe-struck ,
- most awed ,
- most awestruck ,
- most baffled ,
- most dazzled ,
- most flabbergasted ,
- most floored ,
- most mystified ,
- most rattled ,
- most staggered ,
- most unglued ,
- speechless ,
- sur prised ,
- sur-prised ,
- un glued ,
- un-glued .
- at loss ,
- more nonplussed ,
- more wonderstruck ,
- most nonplussed ,
- most wonderstruck ,
- un comprehending ,
- un-comprehending .
- dis connected ,
- dis-connected ,
- in choate ,
- in cohesive ,
- in-choate ,
- in-cohesive ,
- more garbled ,
- more incohesive ,
- more uncontinuous ,
- most garbled ,
- most incohesive ,
- most uncontinuous ,
- un continuous ,
- un coordinated ,
- un-continuous ,
- un-coordinated .
- dis jointed ,
- dis placed ,
- dis united ,
- dis-jointed ,
- dis-placed ,
- dis-united ,
- farout ,
- more disunited ,
- more out of it ,
- more out to lunch ,
- more out-of-it ,
- more out-to-lunch ,
- more split ,
- most disunited ,
- most out of it ,
- most out to lunch ,
- most out-of-it ,
- most out-to-lunch ,
- most split ,
- spacedout ,
- un attached ,
- un-attached .
- all over place ,
- de ranged ,
- de-ranged ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis located ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-located ,
- dis-ordered ,
- mis laid ,
- mis placed ,
- mis-laid ,
- mis-placed ,
- more disarranged ,
- more dislocated ,
- more molested ,
- more out of place ,
- more out-of-place ,
- more ruffled ,
- more rumpled ,
- more shifted ,
- more shuffled ,
- more tampered with ,
- more tampered-with ,
- more tamperedwith ,
- more tossed ,
- more tumbled ,
- most disarranged ,
- most dislocated ,
- most molested ,
- most out of place ,
- most out-of-place ,
- most ruffled ,
- most rumpled ,
- most shifted ,
- most shuffled ,
- most tampered with ,
- most tampered-with ,
- most tamperedwith ,
- most tossed ,
- most tumbled ,
- re moved ,
- tamperedwith ,
- un settled ,
- un-settled .
- dis composed ,
- dis trait ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-trait ,
- harassed ,
- hysterical ,
- in panic ,
- like chicken with its head cut off ,
- more discomposed ,
- more harassed ,
- more tormented ,
- most discomposed ,
- most harassed ,
- most tormented ,
- out mind ,
- out of one mind ,
- out of ones mind ,
- out one mind ,
- out one's mind ,
- out ones mind ,
- over wrought ,
- worried .
- liquored up ,
- more bashed ,
- more buzzed ,
- more fuddled ,
- more juiced ,
- more laced ,
- more tanked ,
- more totaled ,
- most bashed ,
- most buzzed ,
- most fuddled ,
- most juiced ,
- most laced ,
- most tanked ,
- most totaled ,
- three sheets the wind ,
- three sheets to the wind ,
- three sheets to wind ,
- three sheets wind ,
- totaled ,
- under influence ,
- under table ,
- under the table .
- Tranced ,
- ill defined ,
- illdefined ,
- more tranced ,
- most tranced ,
- stuporous ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
- tied on ,
- un sober ,
- un soberer ,
- un soberest ,
- un-sober ,
- un-soberer ,
- un-soberest ,
- unsoberer ,
- unsoberest .
- hightech ,
- more high tech ,
- more high-tech ,
- more hightech ,
- more ramified ,
- most high tech ,
- most high-tech ,
- most hightech ,
- most ramified .
- more littered ,
- more unfastidious ,
- most littered ,
- most unfastidious ,
- un fastidious ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un-fastidious ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest .
- in discriminate ,
- in-discriminate ,
- many ,
- more scrambled ,
- more unsorted ,
- most scrambled ,
- most unsorted ,
- multi form ,
- multi-form ,
- un matched ,
- un sorted ,
- un-matched ,
- un-sorted .
- Messer ,
- Unorderly ,
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- messest ,
- more uncombed ,
- more unorderly ,
- most uncombed ,
- most unorderly ,
- un combed ,
- un neat ,
- un neater ,
- un neatest ,
- un orderly ,
- un tidier ,
- un tidiest ,
- un tidy ,
- un-combed ,
- un-neat ,
- un-neater ,
- un-neatest ,
- un-orderly ,
- un-tidier ,
- un-tidiest ,
- un-tidy ,
- unneater ,
- unneatest ,
- untidiest .
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adv.
• helter-skelter -
v.
• confused Other synonyms:
- defective ,
- faulty ,
- futile ,
- ineffective ,
- inefficient ,
- pathetic ,
- pointless ,
- purposeless ,
- useless ,
- worthless .
- complex ,
- miscellaneous .
Other relevant words:
- Bamboozled ,
- Beclouded ,
- Blundered ,
- Circumlocutional ,
- FOU ,
- Feather-brained ,
- Feather-headed ,
- Flocked ,
- Floundered ,
- Hashed ,
- Inebrious ,
- Jumbler ,
- Lotted ,
- Marrying ,
- Mashed ,
- Messed ,
- Minted ,
- Misted ,
- Mussed ,
- Numbed ,
- Obfuscated ,
- Overtaken ,
- Pecked ,
- Potulent ,
- Puddled ,
- Punchy ,
- Rafted ,
- Rattle-brained ,
- Reeling ,
- Screwed ,
- Shuffled ,
- Slewed ,
- Sotted ,
- Stumped ,
- Temulent ,
- Temulentive ,
- Tumbled ,
- Turmoiled ,
- Waded ,
- Weltered ,
- Whittled ,
- abashed ,
- addle ,
- addlebrained ,
- addled ,
- addlepated ,
- adopt ,
- aimless ,
- ambagious ,
- ambiguous ,
- anarchic ,
- anarchy ,
- arsy-varsy ,
- arsy-versy ,
- ass-backwards ,
- at a loss ,
- at sea ,
- ataxia ,
- baffling ,
- balled-up ,
- ballocksed ,
- batched ,
- beat ,
- bedlam ,
- beery ,
- befogged ,
- befuddled ,
- bemused ,
- benumbed ,
- besotted ,
- bewildered ,
- bewilderment ,
- bind ,
- bleary ,
- blind ,
- blotto ,
- blurred ,
- bollixed ,
- bollixed up ,
- bollocksed ,
- bombed ,
- boozy ,
- botched ,
- buffaloed ,
- bungled ,
- canned ,
- careless ,
- chaos ,
- circuitous ,
- circumlocutionary ,
- circumlocutory ,
- clashing ,
- cloudy ,
- clutter ,
- cockeyed ,
- commotion ,
- complicated ,
- conflicting ,
- confound ,
- confounded ,
- confuse ,
- confusing ,
- confusion ,
- conjoin ,
- connect ,
- contradictory ,
- corned ,
- crapulent ,
- crapulous ,
- crushed ,
- cut ,
- dazed ,
- derangement ,
- diffuse ,
- digressive ,
- dim ,
- directionless ,
- disarranged ,
- disarrangement ,
- discombobulated ,
- discomfiture ,
- discomposure ,
- disconcerted ,
- discontinuous ,
- discursive ,
- disguised ,
- disjoined ,
- disjointed ,
- dislocate ,
- dislocation ,
- dislodge ,
- disorder ,
- disorderliness ,
- disorganization ,
- disoriented ,
- displace ,
- disruption ,
- distraction ,
- distraught ,
- disturb ,
- disturbance ,
- disturbed ,
- diverse ,
- dizzy ,
- dopey ,
- draw ,
- drenched ,
- drunken ,
- dull ,
- dusk ,
- elevated ,
- empty-headed ,
- endless ,
- equivocal ,
- err ,
- erroneous ,
- every which way ,
- faint ,
- fallacious ,
- false ,
- far-gone ,
- fitful ,
- fixed ,
- flighty ,
- flocculent ,
- floored ,
- flummoxed ,
- fogged ,
- foggy ,
- fouled up ,
- fresh ,
- fried ,
- frivolous ,
- full ,
- garbled ,
- gay ,
- get ,
- giddy ,
- glorious ,
- groggy ,
- haphazard ,
- happy ,
- hare-brained ,
- havoc ,
- haywire ,
- hazy ,
- heaped ,
- helpless ,
- helter-skelter ,
- higgledy-piggledy ,
- holed ,
- hollowed ,
- hubbub ,
- huddled ,
- hugger mugger ,
- huggermugger ,
- ill at ease ,
- illogical ,
- imprecise ,
- in a dilemma ,
- in a fog ,
- in a jumble ,
- in a mess ,
- in a muddle ,
- in a state ,
- in disarray ,
- in liquor ,
- in one's cups ,
- in suspense ,
- inaccurate ,
- inarticulate ,
- incomprehensible ,
- incorrect ,
- inebriate ,
- interminable ,
- involved ,
- irrational ,
- jagged ,
- jammed ,
- join ,
- jolly ,
- kerfuffle ,
- lanate ,
- licked ,
- lit ,
- littered ,
- loaded ,
- lose consciousness ,
- lost ,
- maladjusted ,
- marry ,
- massed ,
- maudlin ,
- maundering ,
- mazed ,
- melee ,
- mellow ,
- merry ,
- messed-up ,
- misleading ,
- misruled ,
- misty ,
- mixed ,
- mixed-up ,
- motley ,
- move ,
- mucked up ,
- muddle-headed ,
- muddleheaded ,
- muddy ,
- mussy ,
- muzzy ,
- mystified ,
- mystifying ,
- nappy ,
- nebulous ,
- nightfall ,
- nonplussed ,
- not clear ,
- not with it ,
- numb ,
- on tenterhooks ,
- opposing ,
- opposite ,
- organised ,
- out of it ,
- overcome ,
- pell-mell ,
- periphrastic ,
- perplexing ,
- pickled ,
- piled ,
- pissed ,
- pixilated ,
- plastered ,
- polluted ,
- potted ,
- primed ,
- prolix ,
- punch-drunk ,
- put out ,
- puzzled ,
- puzzleheaded ,
- puzzling ,
- raddled ,
- rambling ,
- random ,
- repaired ,
- roundabout ,
- rumpled ,
- scatterbrained ,
- scattered ,
- scrambled ,
- screwed up ,
- screwy ,
- seeing double ,
- sewed up ,
- shaky ,
- shambolic ,
- shot ,
- sighted ,
- silly ,
- skimble-skamble ,
- slew ,
- sloppy ,
- smashed ,
- smothered ,
- snafu ,
- snarled ,
- sneak ,
- sodden ,
- squiffy ,
- stacked ,
- staggering ,
- steal ,
- stinking ,
- stinko ,
- stoned ,
- stuck ,
- stunned ,
- stupefied ,
- stupid ,
- tangled ,
- tanked ,
- thrown ,
- tiddly ,
- tight ,
- top-heavy ,
- topsy-turvy ,
- tortuous ,
- tousled ,
- trapped ,
- twilight ,
- uncertain ,
- unclear ,
- unconnected ,
- uncoordinated ,
- under the influence ,
- unintelligible ,
- unite ,
- unkempt ,
- unorganized ,
- unsettled ,
- unsteady ,
- unstructured ,
- untidiness ,
- untidy ,
- uproot ,
- upset ,
- upside down ,
- urinated ,
- vague ,
- varied ,
- various ,
- verbose ,
- weak ,
- weak-kneed ,
- weed ,
- wobbly ,
- woolly ,
- woolly-haired ,
- woolly-headed ,
- wooly ,
- wooly-haired ,
- wooly-minded ,
- woozy ,
- wordy ,
- wrong ,
- yapped .
- Awe-struck ,
- Wonderstruck ,
- all over the place ,
- all torn up ,
- awestruck ,
- boozed up ,
- broken up ,
- bummed out ,
- confused ,
- disconnected ,
- disordered ,
- disorganized ,
- feeling no pain ,
- high tech ,
- high-tech ,
- in a dither ,
- in a panic ,
- in confusion ,
- in disorder ,
- incohesive ,
- juiced ,
- like a chicken with its head cut off ,
- looped ,
- messy ,
- out of mind ,
- out of place ,
- out-of-it ,
- out-of-place ,
- out-to-lunch ,
- over-wrought ,
- psyched out ,
- sedimentary ,
- sloshed ,
- stewed ,
- stirred up ,
- taken aback ,
- tampered with ,
- tampered-with ,
- tied one on ,
- tipped over ,
- uncombed ,
- uncontinuous ,
- unfastidious ,
- unglued ,
- unneat ,
- unsober ,
- unsorted ,
- up set .
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How to use "Muddled" in context?
If there's one word that sums up the current state of our economy, it's "muddled." In a world where global trade is essential for businesses to succeed, policies and regulations have made it difficult for companies to know what's required to operate in new markets. This muddled state has resulted in a reduced level of investment and innovation, which has made the economy weaker.
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Equivalence
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Verb, past participle
confused.
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Verb, past participle
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Independent
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Verb, past participle
blurred, confounded, disordered, distracted, garbled, mistaken, puzzled, troubled, disorientated.
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