Synonyms of muddies

muddies

verb

present tense third-person singular of muddy

1

as in confuses

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confuses
• baffles
• perplexes
• bewilders
• puzzles
• muddles
• embarrasses
• disturbs
• befuddles
• confounds
• bothers
• mystifies
• vexes
• poses
• disorients
• discombobulates
• rattles
• stuns
• bemuses
• flummoxes
• gets
• flusters
• bamboozles
• addles
• fuddles
• gravels
• upsets
• unsettles
• beats
• befogs
• mazes
• buffaloes
• foxes
• blows one's mind
• sticks
• agitates
• perturbs
• goes to one's head
• distresses
• disconcerts
• mortifies
• misleads
• discomfits
• stumps
• deceives
• disquiets
• unhinges
• nonplusses
• dismays
• fazes
• weirds out
• deludes
• discountenances
• nonpluses
• abashes
• beguiles
• misguides
• tricks
• fools
• discomposes
• hoodwinks
• snows
• discomforts
• takes in
• strings along
• chagrins
• gulls
• dupes
• cozens
• humbugs
• hoaxes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assures
• satisfies
• informs
• reassures
• enlightens

2

as in obfuscates

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confuses
• obfuscates
• blurs
• complicates
• disrupts
• beclouds
• clouds
• fogs
• befogs
• perplexes
• muddles
• snarls
• disorders
• upsets
• entangles
• tangles
• jumbles
• shuffles
• scrambles
• disturbs
• sophisticates
• disarranges
• tousles
• mixes (up)
• disarrays
• dishevels
• discomposes
• messes (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarifies
• illuminates
• simplifies
• clears (up)
• streamlines
• unravels
• undoes
• analyzes
• straightens (out)
• decodes
• untangles
• breaks down
• disentangles
• deciphers
• unscrambles

3

as in blackens

to make dirty

forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blackens
• stains
• dirties
• sullies
• mucks
• messes
• soils
• besmirches
• pollutes
• smudges
• befouls
• mires
• daubs
• contaminates
• taints
• gaums
• distains
• smirches
• begrimes
• grimes
• muddles
• fouls
• defiles
• bemires
• discolors
• confuses
• disorders
• jumbles
• disarranges
• draggles
• dishevels
• disarrays
• crocks
• collies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleans
• cleanses
• purifies
• sweeps
• purges
• disinfects
• washes
• sanitizes
• wipes
• brightens
• renews
• rinses
• scours
• freshens
• decontaminates
• brushes
• dusts
• launders
• mops
• scrubs
• deodorizes
• straightens (up)
• spruces (up)
• dry-cleans
• tidies (up)