muddle – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of muddle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to muddle along
Participle: muddled along
Gerund: muddling along

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Imuddle along
youmuddle along
he;she;itmuddles along
wemuddle along
youmuddle along
theymuddle along

Perfect

Ihave muddled along
youhave muddled along
he;she;ithas muddled along
wehave muddled along
youhave muddled along
theyhave muddled along

Past

Imuddled along
youmuddled along
he;she;itmuddled along
wemuddled along
youmuddled along
theymuddled along

Pluperfect

Ihad muddled along
youhad muddled along
he;she;ithad muddled along
wehad muddled along
youhad muddled along
theyhad muddled along

Future

Iwill muddle along
youwill muddle along
he;she;itwill muddle along
wewill muddle along
youwill muddle along
theywill muddle along

Future Perfect

Iwill have muddled along
youwill have muddled along
he;she;itwill have muddled along
wewill have muddled along
youwill have muddled along
theywill have muddled along

Subjunctive

Present

Imuddle along
youmuddle along
he;she;itmuddle along
wemuddle along
youmuddle along
theymuddle along

Perfect

Ihave muddled along
youhave muddled along
he;she;ithave muddled along
wehave muddled along
youhave muddled along
theyhave muddled along

Imperfect

Imuddled along
youmuddled along
he;she;itmuddled along
wemuddled along
youmuddled along
theymuddled along

Pluperfect

Ihad muddled along
youhad muddled along
he;she;ithad muddled along
wehad muddled along
youhad muddled along
theyhad muddled along

Conditional

Present

Iwould muddle along
youwould muddle along
he;she;itwould muddle along
wewould muddle along
youwould muddle along
theywould muddle along

Perfect

Iwould have muddled along
youwould have muddled along
he;she;itwould have muddled along
wewould have muddled along
youwould have muddled along
theywould have muddled along

Imperative

youmuddle along
weLet's muddle along
youmuddle along

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam muddling along
youare muddling along
he;she;itis muddling along
weare muddling along
youare muddling along
theyare muddling along

Perfect

Ihave been muddling along
youhave been muddling along
he;she;ithas been muddling along
wehave been muddling along
youhave been muddling along
theyhave been muddling along

Past

Iwas muddling along
youwere muddling along
he;she;itwas muddling along
wewere muddling along
youwere muddling along
theywere muddling along

Pluperfect

Ihad been muddling along
youhad been muddling along
he;she;ithad been muddling along
wehad been muddling along
youhad been muddling along
theyhad been muddling along

Future

Iwill be muddling along
youwill be muddling along
he;she;itwill be muddling along
wewill be muddling along
youwill be muddling along
theywill be muddling along

Future Perfect

Iwill have been muddling along
youwill have been muddling along
he;she;itwill have been muddling along
wewill have been muddling along
youwill have been muddling along
theywill have been muddling along

Conditional

Present

Iwould be muddling along
youwould be muddling along
he;she;itwould be muddling along
wewould be muddling along
youwould be muddling along
theywould be muddling along

Perfect

Iwould have been muddling along
youwould have been muddling along
he;she;itwould have been muddling along
wewould have been muddling along
youwould have been muddling along
theywould have been muddling along

Other

Verbs similar to 'muddle'

buddle, cuddle, fuddle, guddle, huddle, maddle, meddle, middle, nuddle, puddle,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bungle
botch, stumble, fumble, bumble
confuse
bewilder, fluster, addle, befuddle, disturb, perturb, ruffle
disorder
clutter, disarrange, jumble, snarl, entangle, misarrange, derange, mix

Antonyms

disorder
order, method, system, regularity

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1596, perhaps freq. of mud (q.v.), or from Du. moddelen "to make (water) muddy," from the same P.Gmc. source. Sense of "make confused" first recorded 1687.
2. From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.

Sample Sentences

  • Young children tend to muddle their words.
  • I will not , to please hostile critics , muddle the argument by making it one of recondite learning , in which neither I nor my readers are strong . I try to lay before the reader reasons from which he can judge for himself [1847, Francis William Newman, A History of the Hebrew Monarchy:]
  • He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.
  • c. 1721-1722, Jonathan Swift, The Progress of Marriage
  • Young ducklings foster'd by a hen;
  • But, when let out, they run and muddle
  • He did ill to Muddle the Water. [1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:]
  • Their old master Epicurus seems to have had his brains so muddled and confounded with them, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. [1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:]
  • […] I vvas for five Years often drunk, alvvays muddled, they carry'd me from Tavern to Tavern, to Alehouſes and Brandy Shops, and brought me acquainted vvith ſuch ſtrange Dogs! [1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. […]. The Second Part. Chapter VIII. A Continuation of the Conversation betwixt John Bull and His Wife.”, in Miscellanies, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], →OCLC, page 99:]
  • They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it. [1821, William Hazlitt, On the Want of Money:]