muddle

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for muddle

muddle 🔊 /mʌˈdʌl/

muddle : පටලවනවා

muddle : අවුල් කරනවා

muddle : අවුල

muddle definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water.
  2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
  3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
  4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.

Intransitive verb.

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

Noun. A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.