Synonyms of muddying

muddying

verb

present participle of muddy

1

as in baffling

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• baffling
• confusing
• puzzling
• bewildering
• perplexing
• muddling
• posing
• mystifying
• embarrassing
• bothering
• befuddling
• confounding
• bamboozling
• rattling
• vexing
• disturbing
• stunning
• disorienting
• fuddling
• flustering
• discombobulating
• graveling
• flummoxing
• addling
• upsetting
• gravelling
• bemusing
• getting
• befogging
• beating
• foxing
• unsettling
• mazing
• buffaloing
• sticking
• blowing one's mind
• stumping
• distressing
• agitating
• disconcerting
• going to one's head
• discomfiting
• fazing
• misleading
• mortifying
• perturbing
• tricking
• disquieting
• deceiving
• nonplussing
• discomforting
• abashing
• fooling
• discountenancing
• misguiding
• deluding
• dismaying
• unhinging
• duping
• hoodwinking
• gulling
• discomposing
• weirding out
• beguiling
• nonplusing
• hoaxing
• humbugging
• taking in
• cozening
• stringing along
• chagrining
• snowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assuring
• satisfying
• informing
• reassuring
• enlightening

2

as in confusing

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

• confusing
• obfuscating
• blurring
• clouding
• complicating
• disrupting
• beclouding
• fogging
• befogging
• muddling
• perplexing
• snarling
• upsetting
• tangling
• shuffling
• entangling
• jumbling
• scrambling
• sophisticating
• disarranging
• tousling
• mixing (up)
• disordering
• disturbing
• dishevelling
• disarraying
• disheveling
• discomposing
• messing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarifying
• illuminating
• simplifying
• clearing (up)
• streamlining
• analyzing
• unraveling
• straightening (out)
• undoing
• decoding
• deciphering
• disentangling
• untangling
• breaking down
• unscrambling

3

as in staining

to make dirty

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staining
• dirtying
• blackening
• messing
• mucking
• sullying
• besmirching
• soiling
• smudging
• miring
• griming
• polluting
• befouling
• daubing
• contaminating
• smirching
• begriming
• distaining
• fouling
• tainting
• gauming
• bemiring
• muddling
• defiling
• jumbling
• confusing
• discoloring
• disarranging
• dishevelling
• draggling
• disordering
• disarraying
• disheveling
• crocking
• collying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleaning
• cleansing
• purifying
• purging
• sweeping
• wiping
• decontaminating
• washing
• brushing
• disinfecting
• sanitizing
• rinsing
• scrubbing
• scouring
• dusting
• mopping
• renewing
• laundering
• brightening
• freshening
• straightening (up)
• tidying (up)
• dry-cleaning
• deodorizing
• sprucing (up)