muddle

Noun

• informal terms for a difficult situation
  • he got into a terrible fix
    
  • he made a muddle of his marriage
    

• a confused multitude of things

Verb

• mix up or confuse
  • He muddled the issues
    

• make into a puddle
  • puddled mire
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fix , hole , jam , mess , pickle , kettle of fish , clutter , jumble , fuddle , mare's nest , welter , smother , addle , puddle