Verlauf

muddle

[1]	bewilder , confuse , confound , mystify , baffle , mix up , disorient , befuddle , perplex , bemuse , puzzle , befog
[2]	confuse , mix up , jumble , scramble , entangle , tangle , mess up , disorder , disarrange , disorganize , bungle , mismanage , (Colloq) muff
[3]	muddle through , puddle , (barely) manage , cope , make it , scrape through/along , contrive , make do , get by , get along
[4]	addle , puddle

[1]	clutter , jumble , fuddle , mare's nest , welter , smother
[2]	fix , hole , jam , mess , pickle , kettle of fish
[3]	mess , confusion , mix-up , jumble , tangle , disorder , hotchpotch/(US) hodgepodge , mishmash , chaos , disaster , (Colloq) stew , (Slang) (US) screw-up , snafu , (Colloq) (Slang) (Brit) balls-up