muddied 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of muddiednext
as in muddled

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muddied

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verb

past tense of muddy
1
as in puzzled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work

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2
as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve

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3
as in stained
to make dirty forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor

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  1. confused
  2. murky
  3. clouded
Verb
  • However, the Madea star said his science teacher then asked him about dissecting the animal, which confused a young Perry.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the state’s agriculture department, which had been routinely testing Raw Farm milk products kept getting negative results — leaving infectious disease experts confused.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of confused
Adjective
  • But the dog domestication saga gets even murkier in the context of the peopling of the Americas, which might have occurred sometime between 27,000 and 16,000 years ago.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Yet the science surrounding the Pet Effect is murky, at best.
    Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of murky
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  • Intuition, once clouded, becomes a tool for guidance, and the fog of uncertainty that might’ve surrounded our goals and dreams begins to dissipate.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But his campaign was clouded by ethical concerns.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of clouded
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