welter

Noun

• a confused multitude of things

Verb

• be immersed in
  • welter in work
    

• roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

• toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way
  • The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  clutter , jumble , muddle , fuddle , mare's nest , smother , wallow