mucky

[ muhk-ee ]
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adjective,muck·i·er, muck·i·est.
  1. of or like muck.

  2. filthy, dirty, or slimy.

  1. British Informal.

    • obscene: a mucky story.

    • nasty; mean or contemptible: a mucky trick.

    • (of weather) oppressively humid.

Origin of mucky

1
First recorded in 1530–40; muck + -y1

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How to use mucky in a sentence

  • Anyway, not mucky stories about a handsome stranger coming along just because a girl's car busts down.

    The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon Wilson
  • Trees, for the orchard, should never be grown upon a mucky or peaty soil.

    American Pomology | J. A. Warder
  • The air was nauseous with the dank mucky odour that cooked out of the mangrove swamp.

    Jerry of the Islands | Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for mucky

mucky

/ (ˈmʌkɪ) /


adjectivemuckier or muckiest
  1. dirty

  2. of or like muck

Derived forms of mucky

  • muckily, adverb
  • muckiness, noun

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