MUDDY (muddied, muddier, muddiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does muddy mean?
• MUDDY (adjective)
The adjective MUDDY has 4 senses:
1. (of soil) soft and watery
2. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
3. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
4. (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment
Familiarity information: MUDDY used as an adjective is uncommon.
• MUDDY (verb)
The verb MUDDY has 3 senses:
1. dirty with mud
2. cause to become muddy
3. make turbid
Familiarity information: MUDDY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MUDDY (adjective)
Meaning:
(of soil) soft and watery
Synonyms:
swampy; squashy; soggy; sloughy; quaggy; muddy; mucky; miry; marshy; boggy; waterlogged; sloppy
Context examples:
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
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
Meaning:
Dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
Synonyms:
mucky; muddy
Context examples:
muddy boots / a mucky stable
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
Meaning:
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
Synonyms:
muddied; dingy; muddy; dirty
Context examples:
dirty / a dirty (or dingy) white / the muddied grey of the sea / muddy colors / dirty-green walls / dirty-blonde hair
Similar:
impure (combined with extraneous elements)
Meaning:
(of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment
Synonyms:
turbid; mirky; murky; cloudy; muddy
Context examples:
a cloudy liquid / muddy coffee / murky waters
Similar:
opaque (not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy)
• MUDDY (verb)
Meaning:
Dirty with mud
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
muddy; muddy up
Hypernyms (to "muddy" is one way to...):
begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to become muddy
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
These data would have muddied the prediction
Hypernyms (to "muddy" is one way to...):
blur; confuse; obnubilate; obscure (make unclear, indistinct, or blurred)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make turbid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
muddy the water
Hypernyms (to "muddy" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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