Meaning

4 senses
  1. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.

    The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.

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  2. A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.

  3. (India, historical)A servant's attendant; underservant.

  4. (archaic)A muddy mess.

More definitions
  • a confused multitude of things
  • informal terms for a difficult situation

Examples

10 sentences
  1. I'm in the middle of a muddle.

    deIch sitze ganz schön in der Patsche. — al_ex_an_der

  2. You'll have to muddle through on your own.

    deDa wirst du dich irgendwie allein durchschlagen müssen. — Waldelfe

  3. Tom was in a real muddle over his holiday plans.

    deTom war wegen seiner Urlaubsplanungen ganz durcheinander. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. His English has a murky, muddled sound to it, don't you think?

  5. Alcohol muddled part of the man's brain that usually handles inhibitory actions.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a mixture; a confusion; a garble:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a mixture; a confusion; a garble:

Origin

From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from

From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.

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