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muddle

N ความวุ่นวาย ความ สับสน ความ ไม่เป็นระเบียบ ภาวะ ยุ่งเหยิง ภาวะ สับสนวุ่นวาย confusion mess kwam-wun-wai

muddle

VI คิด เรื่อยเปื่อย คิด ฟุ้งซ่าน คิด ไร้สาระ มั่ว confuse kid-ruai-puai

muddle

VT ทำให้ มึน ทำให้ เมา tam-hai-muan

muddle

VT ทำให้ ยุ่งเหยิง ทำให้ สับสนวุ่นวาย confuse jumble mix complicate tam-hai-yuang-yeng

muddle about / around

PHRV ทำให้ สับสน tam-hai-sab-son

muddle along / on

PHRV มั่ว ไม่ เป็นระบบ ระเบียบ mue

muddle through

PHRV ประสบความสำเร็จ (แบบ ไม่รู้ วิธีทำ ที่ แท้จริง ทำสำเร็จ แบบ มั่วๆ rub through pra-sob-kwam-sam-red

muddle up

PHRV สับสน ฟุ้งซ่าน ไม่ รู้เรื่อง jumble up mix up sab-son

muddle-headed

ADJ โง่ ngo

muddle-headedness

N ความ โง่ kwam-ngo

muddled

ADJ ซึ่ง สับสนวุ่นวาย confused sung-sab-son-wun-wai

muddlehead

N คนโง่ blunderer kon-ngo

muddler

N ไม้ คน ผสม เครื่องดื่ม mao-kon-pa-som-krueng-duam

muddler

SL เหล้า สุรา lao

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MUDDLE

v.t.[from mud. ] To make foul, turbid or muddy, as water. He did ill to muddle the water.
1. To intoxicate partially; to cloud or stupefy, particularly with liquor.
He was often drunk, always muddled.
Epicurus seems to have had his brains muddled.

MUDDLED

pp. Made turbid; half drunk; stupefied.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MUDDLE

Mud "dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Muddling. ]Etym: [From Mud. ]

1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs. ] He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange.

2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. Bentley.Often drunk, always muddled. Arbuthnot.

3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. [R.] They muddle it [money ] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it. Hazlitt.

4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. F. W. Newman.

MUDDLE

MUDDLE Mud "dle, v. i.

1. To dabble in mud. [Obs. ] Swift.

2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

MUDDLE

MUDDLE Mud "dle, n.

Defn: A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness. We both grub on in a muddle. Dickens.

MUDDLEHEAD

MUDDLEHEAD Mud "dle *head `, n.

Defn: A stupid person. [Colloq. ] C. Reade. -- Mud "dle-head `ed, a. [Colloq. ] Dickens.

MUDDLER

MUDDLER Mud "dler, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, muddles.

New American Oxford Dictionary

muddle

mud dle |ˈmədl ˈmədl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] bring into a disordered or confusing state: they were muddling up the cards. • confuse (a person or their thoughts ): I do not wish to muddle him by making him read more books. • [ no obj. ] busy oneself in a confused and ineffective way: he was muddling about in the kitchen. • mix (a drink ) or stir (an ingredient ) into a drink. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an untidy and disorganized state or collection: a muddle of French, English, Ojibwa, and a dash of Gaelic | the finances were in a muddle . • a mistake arising from or resulting in confusion: a bureaucratic muddle. PHRASAL VERBS muddle through cope more or less satisfactorily despite lack of expertise, planning, or equipment: we don't have an ultimate ambition; we just muddle through. muddle something up confuse two or more things with each other: at the time, archaeology was commonly muddled up with paleontology. DERIVATIVES mud dling ly |ˈmədliNGlē, ˈmədl -iNGlē |adverb, mud dly |ˈmədlē, ˈmədl -ē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘wallow in mud ’): perhaps from Middle Dutch moddelen, frequentative of modden ‘dabble in mud ’; compare with mud. The sense ‘confuse ’ was initially associated with alcoholic drink (late 17th cent. ), giving rise to ‘busy oneself in a confused way ’ and ‘jumble up ’ (mid 19th cent ).

muddled

mud dled |ˈmədld ˈmədld | ▶adjective in a state of bewildered or bewildering confusion or disorder: misplaced suggestions and muddled thinking.

muddle-headed

mud dle-head ed |ˈˌmədl ˈˌhɛdəd |(also muddleheaded ) ▶adjective mentally disorganized or confused: a muddle-headed idealist with utopian views. DERIVATIVES mud dle-head ed ness noun

muddler

mud dler |ˈmədlər, ˈmədl -ər ˈmədlər | ▶noun 1 a person who creates muddles, esp. because of a disorganized method of thinking or working. 2 (also muddler minnow ) a type of fly used in trout fishing. 3 a stick used to stir mixed drinks.

Oxford Dictionary

muddle

mud ¦dle |ˈmʌd (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 bring into a disordered or confusing state: they were muddling up the cards. • confuse (a person or their thoughts ): Paul was hopelessly muddled by the rates of exchange. • [ no obj., with adverbial ] busy oneself in an aimless or ineffective way: he was muddling about in the kitchen. 2 mix (a drink ) or stir (an ingredient ) into a drink. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an untidy and disorganized state or collection: the finances were in a muddle | [ mass noun ] : she was able to cut through confusion and muddle. • a mistake arising from or resulting in confusion: a bureaucratic muddle. PHRASAL VERBS muddle through (or Brit. along ) cope more or less satisfactorily despite lack of expertise, planning, or equipment: while the children were young, we managed to muddle through. muddle something up confuse two or more things with each other: the words seemed to have got muddled up . DERIVATIVES muddling adjective, muddlingly adverb, muddly adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘wallow in mud ’): perhaps from Middle Dutch moddelen, frequentative of modden ‘dabble in mud ’; compare with mud. The sense ‘confuse ’ was initially associated with alcoholic drink (late 17th cent. ), giving rise to ‘busy oneself in a confused way ’ and ‘jumble up ’ (mid 19th cent. ).

muddled

mud dled |ˈmədld ˈmədld | ▶adjective in a state of bewildered or bewildering confusion or disorder: misplaced suggestions and muddled thinking.

muddled

mud ¦dled |ˈmʌdld | ▶adjective not arranged in order; untidy: the muddled display of pictures has been taken down. • not clear or coherent; confused: such a view reflects muddled thinking.

muddle-headed

muddle-headed ▶adjective mentally disorganized or confused: a muddle-headed idealist. DERIVATIVES muddle-headedness noun

muddler

mud |dler ▶noun 1 a person who creates muddles, especially because of a disorganized method of thinking or working. 2 (also muddler minnow ) a type of fly used in trout-fishing. 3 a stick used to stir cocktails.

American Oxford Thesaurus

muddle

muddle verb 1 you've muddled things up : confuse, mix up, jumble (up ), disarrange, disorganize, disorder, disturb, mess up. 2 she became muddled: bewilder, confuse, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, baffle, mystify. ▶noun 1 the files are in a muddle: mess, confusion, jumble, tangle, mishmash, chaos, disorder, disarray, disorganization, imbroglio, hodgepodge. 2 a bureaucratic muddle: bungle, mix-up, misunderstanding; informal foul-up, snafu. PHRASES muddle along /through don't worry, we'll muddle through: cope, manage, get by /along, scrape by /along, make do.

Oxford Thesaurus

muddle

muddle verb 1 the papers seem to have got muddled up: confuse, mix up, jumble, jumble up, disarrange, disorganize, disorder, disturb, throw into disorder, get into a tangle, scramble, mess up. ANTONYMS be in (good ) order. 2 I won't explain —it'll only muddle you: bewilder, confuse, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, baffle, nonplus, mystify, confound, disorientate, disorient, befuddle, daze, addle. ANTONYMS enlighten. PHRASES muddle along /through we're muddling along as best we can: cope, manage, get by /along, scrape by /along, make do, make the best of a bad job. ▶noun 1 the files are in a bit of a muddle: mess, confusion, jumble, tangle, clutter, hotchpotch, mishmash, mare's nest, chaos, disorder, disarray, welter, disorganization. 2 a bureaucratic muddle: bungle, mix-up, misunderstanding, mistake; informal hash, foul-up, screw-up; N. Amer. informal snafu; vulgar slang fuck-up; Brit. vulgar slang balls-up.

muddled

muddled adjective 1 a muddled pile of photographs: jumbled, in a jumble, in a muddle, in a mess, chaotic, in disorder, in disarray, topsy-turvy, disorganized, disordered, disorderly, out of place, out of order, mixed up, upside-down, at sixes and sevens, untidy, messy, scrambled, tangled; informal higgledy-piggledy. ANTONYMS orderly. 2 she felt muddled and couldn't keep track of her thoughts: confused, in a state of confusion, bewildered, bemused, perplexed, disorientated, disoriented, at sea, in a muddle, befuddled, dazed; informal discombobulated; Canadian & Austral. /NZ informal bushed. 3 muddled thinking: incoherent, confused, muddle-headed, woolly, jumbled, disjointed. ANTONYMS clear, lucid.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

muddle

mud dle /mʌ́d (ə )l /動詞他動詞 1 …をごちゃ混ぜにする (up, together ); «…と » …を混同する (up ) «with » ▸ muddle up history with myths 歴史と神話を混同する 2 〈事件計画など〉をぶち壊す, めちゃめちゃにする .3 〈人〉の頭を混乱させる, …をまごつかせる ; 〈人頭〉を (酒などで )ぼんやり [もうろうと ]させる .4 〈液体〉を濁らせる ; 〈言葉など〉をあいまいにする .5 ｟米｠〈カクテルなどのアルコール飲料〉をかき混ぜる, 混ぜて作る .自動詞 «…で » まごつく, «…を » もたもたとやる (about ) «with » .m ù ddle al ó ng [ó n ]どうにかこうにかやっていく, お茶を濁してやっていく .m ù ddle thr ó ugh ｟主に英｠(無計画ながら )何とかやり抜く, どうにかこうにか漕（こ）ぎつける .名詞 C 〖通例単数形で〗 «…のことでの » 混乱 (状態 ), ごたごた ; 頭の混乱 «over, about » .be in a m ú ddle 〈物が〉ごちゃごちゃになっている ; 〈人が〉まごついている .m à ke a m ú ddle of A Aを台なしにする, やり損なう .

muddled

m ú d dled 形容詞混乱した〈思考など〉.

muddleheaded

m ù ddle h é ad ed /-ɪd /形容詞まごついた ; 頭の弱い .

muddler

m ú d dler 名詞 C 1 〈飲み物の〉マドラー, かきまぜ棒 .2 もたついた人 ; 何とか切りぬける人 .