Definitions for muddy

Definitions for (verb) muddy

Main entry: muddy

Definition: make turbid

Usage: muddy the water


Main entry: muddy

Definition: cause to become muddy

Usage: These data would have muddied the prediction


Main entry: muddy, muddy up

Definition: dirty with mud


Definitions for (adj) muddy

Main entry: mucky, muddy

Definition: dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

Usage: muddy boots; a mucky stable


Main entry: muddy, murky, mirky, cloudy, turbid

Definition: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

Usage: a cloudy liquid; muddy coffee; murky waters


Main entry: muddied, muddy, dingy, dirty

Definition: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear

Usage: 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


Main entry: waterlogged, quaggy, swampy, mucky, muddy, miry, boggy, marshy, soggy, squashy, sloppy, sloughy

Definition: (of soil) soft and watery

Usage: 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


Visual thesaurus for muddy