muddle up

verb

to confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects)

“muddle up the letters in the word, and try to make new ones.”

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Meanings

verbmuddle up (third-person singular simple present muddles up, present participle muddling up, simple past and past participle muddled up)

present singular third person muddles up · participle present muddling up · participle past muddled up · past muddled up

  1. transitiveto confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects)

    Whenever I meet the twins, I always muddle up their names. I call John Jim, and Jim John.

  2. transitiveTo mix together

    muddle up the letters in the word, and try to make new ones.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mix

Translations

Bulgarian обърквам
  • обърквам (obărkvam)confuse something with another
French confondre
  • confondreconfuse something with another
Italian fare confusione
  • fare confusioneconfuse something with another
Polish mieszać, pomieszać
  • mieszaćconfuse something with another
  • pomieszaćconfuse something with another
  • mylićconfuse something with another
  • pomylićconfuse something with another
  • kićkaćconfuse something with another
  • pokićkaćconfuse something with another
Cite this entry
APA

muddle up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muddle%20up

MLA

“muddle up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muddle%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muddle up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muddle%20up.

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