muddling 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of muddlingnext
as in confusing

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muddling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of muddle
1
as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty a car shopper thoroughly muddled by too much well-meaning advice

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2
as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of some mischievous brat had muddled the household accounts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muddling
  1. disrupting
  2. perplexing
  3. shuffling
  4. puzzling
  5. disturbing
  6. upsetting
  7. dismaying
  8. bewildering
Verb
  • Climate change exacerbates the threats with rising temperatures disrupting migration patterns and diminishing the availability of milkweed, the monarch caterpillar's essential food source.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The decision depends on whether their conflict is disrupting the workplace.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of disrupting
Adjective
  • The most perplexing and concerning part of it all: TomoBoost still appears to be accepting new customers, charging prices ranging from $8.33 a month to $129.99 a month, depending on the tier of service and whether you’re billed monthly or annually.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Hunting History dives into some of American history’s greatest and most perplexing mysteries through a new lens.
    Peter White, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of perplexing
Verb
  • In addition, both received the Order of the British Empire in different years (2003 and 2017, respectively), and some tabloid media are shuffling the possibility of their knighthood.
    Nuria Luis, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
  • James has been shuffling between the Lakers and the G League as Los Angeles tries to work out a plan to give him time for development.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of shuffling
Verb
  • That these three stars are out of contract this summer, while Liverpool are having one of their best-ever starts to a season, is puzzling for most Liverpool fans.
    Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Three weeks after a Hawaii woman vanished in Los Angeles, her family is vowing to continue the search into the puzzling disappearance amid unsettling text messages.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of puzzling
Verb
  • Water from the bottom of the tray to avoid disturbing seeds.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Samuel took this image from a distance and left quickly to avoid disturbing the bird.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of disturbing
Adjective
  • According to Trump's cousin and family historian John Walter, this fabrication was maintained at the request of Fred Trump to avoid upsetting Jewish friends and clients in the post-war period.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This is an interesting, if upsetting, phenomenon, showing how online communities are divorced from reality and how social media can enable some of the worst sides of humanity.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of upsetting
Adjective
  • What’s dismaying is this was yet another opportunity for the Bears to close out a game — in this instance, Williams could have ended things with a 99-yard touchdown drive — and be celebrating a massive performance by the rookie.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The math suggests a dismaying possibility: these votes may very well swing.
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of dismaying
Adjective
  • His narrow victory over Lee was bewildering: in the recent history of South Korea, prosecutors were, like the military and the police, tools of dictatorship.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
  • For Harris’s oldest friends from the Bay Area, who supported her campaigns for San Francisco District Attorney, state Attorney General, U.S. Senator and Vice President, the possibility of a Trump win was bewildering.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of bewildering
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