muddle

Signification (Anglais)

1. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
2. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
3. To dabble in mud.
4. To make turbid or muddy.
5. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
6. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
7. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.

embrouillamini

désordre

welter

embrouillage

mare’s nest

be distracted

dog’s breakfast

make a mess of

box-up

lack of order

dog’s dinner

render confused

make unstable

Fréquence

Coupé comme

mud‧dle

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmʌdl̩/

From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). Compare German Kuddelmuddel.