muddy (adj.)

  1. (of soil) soft and watery; the ground was boggy under foot; a marshy coastline; miry roads; wet mucky lowland; muddy barnyard; quaggy terrain; the sloughy edge of the pond; swampy bayous

    [ Syn: boggy , marshy , miry , mucky , quaggy , sloppy , sloughy , soggy , squashy , swampy , waterlogged ]

  2. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; muddy boots; a mucky stable

    [ Syn: mucky ]

  3. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; dirty is often used in combination; a dirty (or dingy) white; the muddied grey of the sea; muddy colors; dirty-green walls; dirty-blonde hair

    [ Syn: dirty , dingy , muddied ]

  4. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; a cloudy liquid; muddy coffee; murky waters

    [ Syn: cloudy , mirky , murky , turbid ]

    muddy (v.)

  1. dirty with mud

    [ Syn: muddy up ]

  2. cause to become muddy; These data would have muddied the prediction'

  3. make turbid; muddy the water'

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