What is another word for muddles?

Pronunciation: [mˈʌdə͡lz] (IPA)

"Muddles" is a term that refers to a state of confusion or disarray, often caused by a lack of clarity or organization. There are several synonyms for this commonly used word, including "jumbles," "disorders," "confounds," and "entangles." These words all suggest a similar sense of confusion and lack of order, but with slightly different connotations. For example, "jumbles" implies a mix of different elements that are difficult to separate, while "confounds" suggests a more bewildering and frustrating state of confusion. Altogether, these synonyms provide a helpful range of variations for expressing the idea of confusion or disarray in different contexts.

What are the hypernyms for Muddles?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Muddles

It was supposed to increase the thinking power and stimulate the imagination, and now we know that it dulls and muddles both.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
He often made muddles.
"A Pair of Clogs"
Amy Walton
If Reason interferes too soon, or during transmission, it only muddles and destroys.
"A Prisoner in Fairyland"
Algernon Blackwood

Famous quotes with Muddles

  • I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.
    David Lean
  • One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality. There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each encounter of love. The Yiddish mentality is not haughty. It does not take victory for granted. It does not demand and command but it muddles through, sneaks by, smuggles itself amidst the powers of destruction, knowing somewhere that God's plan for Creation is still at the very beginning.
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • There are some good things and some fantastic ones in Auden’s early attitude; if the reader calls it a muddle I shall acquiesce, with the remark that the later position might be considered a more rarefied muddle. But poets rather specialize in muddles—and I have no doubt which of the muddles was better for Auden’s poetry: one was fertile and usable, the other decidedly is not. Auden sometimes seems to be saying with Henry Clay, “I had rather be right than poetry”; but I am not sure, then, that he is either.
    Randall Jarrell
  • I don't like eloquence. If it isn't effective enough to pierce your hide, it's tiresome, and if it is effective enough, it muddles your thoughts.
    Dashiell Hammett

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