mucky

[muhk-ee]

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adjective, muck·i·er, muck·i·est.

of or like muck.
filthy, dirty, or slimy.
British Informal.
1. obscene: a mucky story.
2. nasty; mean or contemptible: a mucky trick.
3. (of weather) oppressively humid.

Origin of mucky

First recorded in 1530–40; muck + -y¹

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Related Words for mucky

clammy, glutinous, miry, muddy, oozy, sludgy, slushy, viscous, mucous, scummy, yukky

Examples from the Web for mucky

Contemporary Examples of mucky

The terrain is mucky, and the pickings are slim; patience and boredom are a part of the hunt.
How to Catch a Giant Python
Catharine Skipp
February 28, 2010

Historical Examples of mucky

He dug a hole in the mucky, black sand, and Harry did likewise.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove
Laura Lee Hope
He was somewhere between the surface of the water and the mucky bottom.
The Tale of Snowball Lamb
Arthur Bailey
"Clyde's mucky old bags can stay there till I'm ready," I says.
The Belted Seas
Arthur Colton
When it was almost as deep as his boot tops he got stuck in the oozy, mucky mud.
My Father's Dragon
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Trees, for the orchard, should never be grown upon a mucky or peaty soil.
American Pomology
J. A. Warder

British Dictionary definitions for mucky

mucky

adjective muckier or muckiest

dirty
of or like muck

Derived Formsmuckily, adverbmuckiness, noun

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