muddle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a confused multitude of things
Types & categories
- disorderliness hypernym
- rummage hyponym
Related & opposite
- clutter derivation
- addle derivation
- throw together derivation
- mix up derivation
- jumble derivation
Sense 2 verb
make into a puddle
puddled mire
Types & categories
- roil hypernym
Sense 3 noun
informal terms for a difficult situation
he got into a terrible fix
Types & categories
- difficulty hypernym
- dog's breakfast hyponym
Sense 4 verb
mix up or confuse
He muddled the issues
Types & categories
- mix up hypernym
Related & opposite
- jumble derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | addle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | throw together |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mix up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jumble |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorderliness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rummage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | roil |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | difficulty |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dog's breakfast |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | jumble |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mix up |