Synonyms:
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's_nest, welter, smother
Meaning: a confused multitude of things
Usage examples
She galloped down a block and as she jumped from a curb across a welter of slush, she gave a student "Yippee!"
They came forward, evidently still afraid of Montgomery, but still more afraid of my cracking red whip-lash; and after some fumbling and hesitation, some whip-cracking and shouting, they lifted him gingerly, carried him down to the beach, and went splashing into the dazzling welter of the sea.