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muddle-headed en · ADJ

Etymology

From muddle + headed.

Meanings

  1. (of persons or their thoughts) Characterized by vague or confused thinking: foolish, dull-witted, semi-conscious.
    • Near-synonyms: muddled, muddied, addleheaded, addlebrained, addled, addlepated
    • The Prime Minister provoked a backlash led by Sir Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the Government's Sustainable Development Commission, who said Mr Blair's leadership on the issue in Britain had been "patchy and muddle-headed". 2007 Jan. 10, The Independent

Forms

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most muddle-headed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more muddle-headed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

muddleheaded

Synonyms

addled · addlebrained · muddled · addlepated · addleheaded · muddied

Translations (8)

cmn 顢頇 /颟顸 (thinking in a muddled way) · nl warhoofdig (thinking in a muddled way) · pl zmącony (thinking in a muddled way) · pl ogłupiały (thinking in a muddled way) · nl in de war (thinking in a muddled way) · sv virrig (thinking in a muddled way) · sv vimsig (thinking in a muddled way) · nl verward (thinking in a muddled way)