| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confused state |
Synonyms: |
ataxia, awkwardness, botch, chaos, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, daze, difficulty, dilemma, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, emergency, encumbrance, fog, foul-up, hash, haze, intricacy, involvement, jumble, mess, mess and a half, mix-up, muss, perplexity, plight, predicament, quandary, rat's nest, screw-up, shambles, snarl, struggle, tangle, trouble |
Antonyms: |
enlightenment, order, organization |
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, disorganize |
Synonyms: |
addle, befuddle, bewilder, blunder, botch, bungle, clutter, complicate, confound, daze, derange, disarrange, discombobulate, disorder, disorient, disturb, entangle, fluster, foul, foul up, jumble, louse up, make a mess of, mess, misarrange, mix, mix up, muck, mumble, murmur, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, rattle, ravel, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, snafu, snarl, spoil, stir up, stumble, stupefy, tangle, throw, throw off, tumble |
Antonyms: |
clear up, educate, enlighten, explain, explicate, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | ambivalence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equivocation |
Synonyms: |
confusion dilemma, doubt, fluctuation, gingerliness, haze, hesitancy, hesitation, iffiness, inconclusiveness, indecision, irresoluteness, muddle, quandary, tentativeness, uncertainty, unsureness |
Antonyms: |
certainty, decisiveness |
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump, stun, throw |
Antonyms: |
clear up, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | befuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, baffle, ball up, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | bemuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, bewilder, daydream, daze, gather wool, moon, muddle, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, pipe dream, puzzle, stun, stupefy |
| Notes: | the first meaning of amuse was 'to divert the attention of in order to mislead,' 'delude, deceive' and now means 'entertain, make smile or laugh'; bemuse means 'confuse, bewilder, puzzle' |
Antonyms: |
clear up, enlighten, explain, illuminate, tell |
| Main Entry: | bewilder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor*, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, orient |
| Main Entry: | boner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a mistake |
Synonyms: |
blooper, blunder, bonehead play, boo-boo, bungle, error, false move, faux pas*, flub, flummox, foulup, gaffe, goof-up, miscalculation, miscue, misstep, muddle, muff, oversight, screw-up, slipup, snafu, whoops |
| Main Entry: | botch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder |
Synonyms: |
blow*, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed |
| Main Entry: | chaos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utter confusion |
Synonyms: |
anarchy, ataxia, bedlam, clutter, disarray, discord, disorder, disorganization, entropy, free-for-all, holy mess, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mobocracy, muddle, pandemonium, rat's nest, snarl, topsy-turviness, tumult, turmoil, unruliness |
Antonyms: |
calm, harmony, normality, order, organization, quiet, system |