to muddle one's brains

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• Muddle — Mud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He did ill to muddle the water. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Uncertainty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncertainty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncertainty uncertainty incertitude doubt Sgm: N 1 doubtfulness doubtfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 dubiety dubiety dubitation dubitancy| dubitousness GRP …   English dictionary for students

• mull — v 1. study, examine, con, evaluate, weigh, turn over, review, revolve; ruminate, cogitate, chew, chew one s cud, reflect on, think over, rack one s brains, cudgel one s brain, trouble one s head; brood, dwell on, be in a brown study; ponder, muse …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• puzzle — n 1. acrostic, crossword puzzle; anagram, logogriph, word game; jigsaw puzzle; Chinese puzzle. 2. enigma, mystery, riddle, conundrum, question, question mark; problem, dilemma, quandary, plight, predicament; maze, labyrinth, tangle, knot; secret …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Muddled — Muddle Mud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He did ill to muddle the water. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Muddling — Muddle Mud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He did ill to muddle the water. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Argonauts Club — The Argonauts Club was an Australian children s radio program, first broadcast in 1933 on ABC Radio in Melbourne. Its format was devised by Nina Murdoch who had run the station s Children s Hour (as Pat ) on 3LO and stayed on when that station… …   Wikipedia

• SST Records discography — The discography of SST Records, an American punk rock independent record label formed in Long Beach, California, and based for years in nearby Lawndale, ranges from releases in 1978 to the present. Founded by Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn, the… …   Wikipedia

• confuse — 1 Confuse, muddle, addle, fuddle, befuddle mean to throw one out mentally so that one cannot think clearly or act intelligently. Confuse usually implies intense embarrassment or bewilderment {you confuse me, and how can I transact business if I… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• List of Oz characters — For characters in the American TV series, see List of Oz (TV series) characters. This is a list of characters in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren …   Wikipedia

• Imbecility — (Roget s Thesaurus) Folly. < N PARAG:Imbecility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 want of intelligence want of intelligence &c. 498 want of intellect &c. 450 Sgm: N 1 shadowness shadowness silliness foolishness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility… …   English dictionary for students