Synonyms and Antonyms of muddy
1
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
- my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work
addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex
stick, stump, weird out
abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle
agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset
beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick
2
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
- that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve
complicate, perplex, sophisticate
entangle, snarl, tangle
disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disorder, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, scramble, shuffle, tousle, upset
3
to make dirty
- forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor
befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, dirty, distain [archaic], foul, gaum [dialect], grime, mire, muck, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully
contaminate, defile, pollute, taint
discolor
confuse, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, draggle, jumble, mess, muddle
colly [chiefly British dialect], crock [dialect]
