Muddle
verb
To mix up in a confused or disordered manner.
She muddled all the records which caused a lot of confusion.
Often appears as...
- muddle up
- muddle through
verb
To deal with a task or situation in a confused or inadequate way.
They were muddling through their homework without really understanding it.
Often appears as...
- muddle through
- muddle along
verb
To make a mess of; to ruin.
He muddled his chance to win the match.
Often appears as...
- muddle up
- muddle along
noun
A confusing, disordered or chaotic situation.
The random organization of files and documents resulted in a big muddle.
Often appears as...
- state of muddle
- in a muddle
verb
In bartending, to mash or crush ingredients in the bottom of a glass to release their flavor.
She muddled mint leaves and sugar for the mojito.
Often appears as...
- muddle together
- muddle the ingredients
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To mix up in a confused or disordered manner.
She muddled all the records which caused a lot of confusion.
Often appears as...
- muddle up
- muddle through
verb
To deal with a task or situation in a confused or inadequate way.
They were muddling through their homework without really understanding it.
Often appears as...
- muddle through
- muddle along
verb
To make a mess of; to ruin.
He muddled his chance to win the match.
Often appears as...
- muddle up
- muddle along
noun
A confusing, disordered or chaotic situation.
The random organization of files and documents resulted in a big muddle.
Often appears as...
- state of muddle
- in a muddle
verb
In bartending, to mash or crush ingredients in the bottom of a glass to release their flavor.
She muddled mint leaves and sugar for the mojito.
Often appears as...
- muddle together
- muddle the ingredients
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Unintentional Chaos
Use 'muddle' to imply things got mixed up without a plan, creating disorder.
The new intern muddled the files; now we can't find anything.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotionally Negative
'Muddle' often suggests frustration or negativity towards the resulting confusion.
Her explanation only muddled the topic further, leaving everyone irritated.
Pro Tip 1/2Unintentional Chaos
Use 'muddle' to imply things got mixed up without a plan, creating disorder.
The new intern muddled the files; now we can't find anything.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotionally Negative
'Muddle' often suggests frustration or negativity towards the resulting confusion.
Her explanation only muddled the topic further, leaving everyone irritated.
Pro Tip 1/2Unintentional Chaos
Use 'muddle' to imply things got mixed up without a plan, creating disorder.
The new intern muddled the files; now we can't find anything.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotionally Negative
'Muddle' often suggests frustration or negativity towards the resulting confusion.
Her explanation only muddled the topic further, leaving everyone irritated.
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The neurons that shaped...
receptors going back into your brain saying don't water you're not being touched so empathize by all means with the other person but do not actually experience the touch otherwise you'll get confused and muddled okay so there's a feedback signal that vetoes the signal of the mirror neuron preventing you from consciously experiencing that touch but
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3 clues to understanding...
This is called synesthesia. Galton called it synesthesia, a mingling of the senses. In us, all the senses are distinct. These people muddle up their senses. Why does this happen? One of the two aspects of this problem are very intriguing. Synesthesia runs in families, so Galton said this is a hereditary basis, a genetic basis.
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Yuval Noah Harari...
historian you said that we are currently down to sort of no stories that that old story of liberalism has been broken by the sort of disillusionment of the last couple years so what now why does it matter that we don't have a story now maybe we just muddle along for a bit what happens what are you worried about could happen
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that allow us to scroll through, where lies and facts sit side by side, but with none of the traditional signals of trustworthiness. And goodness -- our language around this is horribly muddled. People are still obsessed with the phrase "fake news," despite the fact that it's extraordinarily unhelpful
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Contaminating Mars PIPE MARS
us wherever we go when you send humans by definition you're bringing earth life to Mars once certain microbes spread around the surface of Mars then scientists will have a contaminated place to go look at they won't have a true wilderness and many of their results will be muddled if
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The neurons that shaped...
So, empathize, by all means, with the other person, but do not actually experience the touch, otherwise you'll get confused and muddled." Okay, so there is a feedback signal that vetoes the signal of the mirror neuron preventing you from consciously experiencing that touch.
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Adam Grant: How to stop...
When you're languishing, it just feels like you're muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield. So I'm curious how many of you have felt like that over the past few months. OK, those of you who didn't have the energy to raise your hands --
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Militant atheism PIPE...
and when both Darwin and Marx were dead, Marx's papers became muddled up with Aveling's papers, and a letter from Darwin saying, "My dear sir, thank you very much but I don't want you to dedicate your book to me," was mistakenly supposed to be addressed to Marx,
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The fundamentals of...
I thought physics was supposed to be the same for everyone. Yes, no, it is, and you do. All that stretching and squashing of space-time has just muddled together what we used to think of separately as space and time. This particular squashing effect
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Is invisibility the...
how's it playing out it kind of contradicts what you just said it does I'm still quite optimistic because Indonesians have a phenomenal talent for compromising for muddling through at the
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The neurons that shaped...
receptors going back into your brain saying don't water you're not being touched so empathize by all means with the other person but do not actually experience the touch otherwise you'll get confused and muddled okay so there's a feedback signal that vetoes the signal of the mirror neuron preventing you from consciously experiencing that touch but
Video examples
3 clues to understanding...
This is called synesthesia. Galton called it synesthesia, a mingling of the senses. In us, all the senses are distinct. These people muddle up their senses. Why does this happen? One of the two aspects of this problem are very intriguing. Synesthesia runs in families, so Galton said this is a hereditary basis, a genetic basis.
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
historian you said that we are currently down to sort of no stories that that old story of liberalism has been broken by the sort of disillusionment of the last couple years so what now why does it matter that we don't have a story now maybe we just muddle along for a bit what happens what are you worried about could happen
Video examples
How you can help...
that allow us to scroll through, where lies and facts sit side by side, but with none of the traditional signals of trustworthiness. And goodness -- our language around this is horribly muddled. People are still obsessed with the phrase "fake news," despite the fact that it's extraordinarily unhelpful
Video examples
Contaminating Mars PIPE MARS
us wherever we go when you send humans by definition you're bringing earth life to Mars once certain microbes spread around the surface of Mars then scientists will have a contaminated place to go look at they won't have a true wilderness and many of their results will be muddled if
Video examples
The neurons that shaped...
So, empathize, by all means, with the other person, but do not actually experience the touch, otherwise you'll get confused and muddled." Okay, so there is a feedback signal that vetoes the signal of the mirror neuron preventing you from consciously experiencing that touch.
Video examples
Adam Grant: How to stop...
When you're languishing, it just feels like you're muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield. So I'm curious how many of you have felt like that over the past few months. OK, those of you who didn't have the energy to raise your hands --
Video examples
Militant atheism PIPE...
and when both Darwin and Marx were dead, Marx's papers became muddled up with Aveling's papers, and a letter from Darwin saying, "My dear sir, thank you very much but I don't want you to dedicate your book to me," was mistakenly supposed to be addressed to Marx,
Video examples
The fundamentals of...
I thought physics was supposed to be the same for everyone. Yes, no, it is, and you do. All that stretching and squashing of space-time has just muddled together what we used to think of separately as space and time. This particular squashing effect
Video examples
Is invisibility the...
how's it playing out it kind of contradicts what you just said it does I'm still quite optimistic because Indonesians have a phenomenal talent for compromising for muddling through at the
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Quote examples
Kristen Stewart
American Actress
It's hard to actually take details from your personal life and apply them a scene because, as much as you can identify with a feeling, you just get muddled. As soon as you start bringing your own stuff in, it's like, 'No, that's not right.' You're playing a different person. You can relate, but you have to leave that stuff at the door.
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Meghan Markle
American Actress
Make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You push for colour-blind casting; you draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are, not what colour your parents happen to be.
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Chris Squire
British Musician
Persistence is a pretty important part of making it in this business, which, in retrospect, is the easy part. Maintaining a profile is the difficult part of the job. Somehow or another, I muddled through that system and somehow am around to still enjoy playing for people.
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Erik Prince
American Businessman
Everyone says they support our troops and thank you for their service, if they really want to support their troops, demand better. Demand that their sacrifice not be wasted. That we not just muddle along as some of the generals have called for.
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Becky Albertalli
American Author
Love is bumping along together with the people in your life and making mistakes and trying to make them right by virtue of the fact that these are people you actually love; you care about them enough to muddle through it with them.
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Ninette de Valois
Irish Dancer
You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone.
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Emmet Fox
American Author
It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.
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Richard Ford
American Author
For a writer, children make life needlessly hard. I've muddled through a lot of things, but I have not muddled through my writing life. I work absolutely flat out, giving it my all.
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Anna Quindlen
American Journalist
Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.
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Anthony Sampson
British Writer
Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.
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Kristen Stewart
American Actress
It's hard to actually take details from your personal life and apply them a scene because, as much as you can identify with a feeling, you just get muddled. As soon as you start bringing your own stuff in, it's like, 'No, that's not right.' You're playing a different person. You can relate, but you have to leave that stuff at the door.
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Meghan Markle
American Actress
Make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You push for colour-blind casting; you draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are, not what colour your parents happen to be.
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Chris Squire
British Musician
Persistence is a pretty important part of making it in this business, which, in retrospect, is the easy part. Maintaining a profile is the difficult part of the job. Somehow or another, I muddled through that system and somehow am around to still enjoy playing for people.
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Erik Prince
American Businessman
Everyone says they support our troops and thank you for their service, if they really want to support their troops, demand better. Demand that their sacrifice not be wasted. That we not just muddle along as some of the generals have called for.
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Becky Albertalli
American Author
Love is bumping along together with the people in your life and making mistakes and trying to make them right by virtue of the fact that these are people you actually love; you care about them enough to muddle through it with them.
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Ninette de Valois
Irish Dancer
You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone.
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Emmet Fox
American Author
It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.
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Richard Ford
American Author
For a writer, children make life needlessly hard. I've muddled through a lot of things, but I have not muddled through my writing life. I work absolutely flat out, giving it my all.
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Anna Quindlen
American Journalist
Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.
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Anthony Sampson
British Writer
Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.
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