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Main Entry:	muddle [muhd-l] Show IPA/ˈmʌdl/ Show Spelled
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:	ashamed
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	regretting, remorseful
Synonyms:	abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, chagrined, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, demeaned, discomfited, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, flustered, guilty, hesitant, humble, humbled, humiliated, meek, mortified, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, stammering, stuttering, submissive
Antonyms:	bold, defiant, immodest, not sorry, shameless, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious

Main Entry:	baffle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	perplex
Synonyms:	addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick, stump, stun, throw
Antonyms:	clear up, enlighten, explain

* = informal/non-formal usage

Example Sentences

First of a three-part series on muddled federal wetland regulations.

Nevertheless, the message may be already getting muddled.

Official denials so far have been muddled and unconvincing.

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First of a three-part series on muddled federal wetland regulations.

Nevertheless, the message may be already getting muddled.

Official denials so far have been muddled and unconvincing.

Face it, humans will make a muddled mess of species segregation regardless of laws and policy rehdamenta.

The conventional academic hierarchies are quite muddled in the digital humanities.

The result was a partial, muddled and self-contradictory plan, leading eventually to this week's debacle.

Maybe the best mojito that you've ever had, perfectly muddled with fresh mint.

But the outbreak of anger about bankers' bonuses is muddled and comes too late.

Instead they have muddled along, wandering down many a dead end in the process.

Philippine politics have degenerated into a protracted feud over the rights and wrongs of this muddled transfer of power.

They were made by honest men and women with the best of muddled intentions.

Probably that psychiatry isn't such a muddled exercise or that there might be some kind of progress.

The public discussion of our empirical strategy and results has been somewhat muddled.

Mostly, however, the reform deals with the symptoms of muddled incentives: high premiums and poor access.

Cynics note that the muddled customs regime in the breakaway region is lucrative for outsiders and insiders alike.

Nothing sums up these muddled priorities so much as water policy.

Politicians tend to give muddled answers to these conundrums probably because people are muddled.

To clear up your muddled phrasing, marriage is too ancient and sacred to condone gays' abuse of it by marrying each other.

It's not difficult to understand why science has a rough time in today's world of muddled thinking.

Later, he muddled a few baseball jokes as well, and at one point he squinted and admitted he couldn't read his own slides.

As the search for the right college continued, the more muddled my mind became.

Okay, already my symbolism has become muddled and worn, so let me move expediently along.

Sugie's cooking, however, seems to have gotten muddled in the rarefied air.

Denmark's sluggish response was a textbook case of muddled policy.

Audio quality is adequate in the low range but gets muddled in the mids.

When perspective gets lost, everything becomes muddled and tainted".

Sit outside that zone and you are likely to see a set of muddled images.

In fact, they are usually muddled and complicated, subject to different shadings and interpretations.

Here was a game where there were no characters, no shooting, no confusing story lines or muddled plots.

Furthermore, it is vexingly muddled with intrigues of a complicated.

He says the new command's defensive mission is muddled and duplicative:.

But the data were too muddled for clear conclusions.

She too has been attacked for giving muddled advice about anti-retroviral drugs.

Infosys muddled the transfer of power among its founders.

The economy muddled on despite the housing bust for two.

As such, this part of the disaster is muddled as to the negligience issue.

COLLAPSE

Main Entry:	befuddle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	confuse
Synonyms:	addle, baffle, ball up, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off
Antonyms:	clear up, explain

Main Entry:	bemuse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	confuse
Synonyms:	addle, amaze, bewilder, daydream, daze, gather wool, moon, muddle, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, pipe dream, puzzle, stun, stupefy
Notes:	the first meaning of amuse was 'to divert the attention of in order to mislead,' 'delude, deceive' and now means 'entertain, make smile or laugh'; bemuse means 'confuse, bewilder, puzzle'
Antonyms:	clear up, enlighten, explain, illuminate, tell

Main Entry:	bewilder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	confuse
Synonyms:	addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow, stump, stupefy, throw, upset
Antonyms:	clear up, explain, orient

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	bewildered
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	confused
Synonyms:	addled, agape, aghast, agog, appalled, astonished, astounded, awe-struck, awed, baffled, befuddled, bowled over, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, flipped out, floored, flustered, giddy, in a dither, lost, misled, muddled, mystified, perplexed, punchy, puzzled, rattled, reeling, shocked, shook up, speechless, staggered, startled, stumped, stunned, stupefied, surprised, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck, uncertain, unglued
Antonyms:	clear, oriented, understanding

Main Entry:	blank
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	dumbfounded
Synonyms:	at a loss, awestruck, bewildered, confounded, confused, dazed, disconcerted, muddled, nonplussed, stupefied, uncomprehending, wonderstruck
Antonyms:	aware, excited, understanding

Main Entry:	botch
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	blunder
Synonyms:	blow, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, mar, mend, mess, mess up, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck
Antonyms:	accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed

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