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mucking
[muhk-ing] 
| Main Entry: |
drift
[drift]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
| Antonyms: | decide, direct, guide, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, disorganize |
| Synonyms: | addle, befuddle, bewilder, blunder, botch, bungle, clutter, complicate, confound, daze, derange, disarrange, discombobulate, disorder, disorient, disturb, entangle, fluster, foul, foul up, jumble, louse up, make a mess of, mess, misarrange, mix, mix up, muck, mumble, murmur, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, rattle, ravel, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, snafu, snarl, spoil, stir up, stumble, stupefy, tangle, throw, throw off, tumble |
| Antonyms: | clear up, educate, enlighten, explain, explicate, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | perplex |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, mix up |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, baffle, balk, befuddle, beset, bewilder, buffalo, complicate, confound, discombobulate, discompose, dumbfound, encumber, entangle, fog, get to, involve, jumble, muck, muddle, muddy the waters, mystify, nonplus, perturb, pose, puzzle, rattle, ravel, snarl up, stumble, stump, surprise, tangle, thicken, thwart |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | slave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
| Synonyms: | be servile, drudge, grind, grovel, grub, muck, plod, skivvy, slog, toil, work fingers to bone |
| Antonyms: | be lazy |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complicate, mess up |
| Synonyms: | confuse, embroil, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entwine, involve, muck, muddle, perplex, ravel, tangle |
| Antonyms: | fix, simplify, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | soil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty |
| Synonyms: | bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmirch, contaminate, crumb, debase, defile, degrade, dirty, discolor, disgrace, foul, grime, maculate, mess, mess up, muck up, muck, muddy, muss up, muss, pollute, shame, smear, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tar, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | shovel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig |
| Synonyms: | burrow, delve, dredge, excavate, load, mine, move, muck, pass, pick up, shift, throw, unearth |
| Main Entry: | bemire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muddy |
| Synonyms: | begrime, dirty, grime, mire, muck, slush, soil |
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