mucky
Americanadjective
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of or like muck.
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filthy, dirty, or slimy.
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British Informal.
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obscene.
a mucky story.
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nasty; mean or contemptible.
a mucky trick.
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(of weather) oppressively humid.
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adjective
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dirty
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of or like muck
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Origin of mucky
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But soon after completion of the work the coating has begun to peel off and algae turned the pool's water a mucky green -- setbacks the president blamed on vandals, without providing evidence.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Mr. Paré-Poupart is in his element when describing the men with whom he’s worked, misfits all yet high-functioning pros in the mucky métier they’ve chosen for themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The trees won’t take in wetlands, in mucky soils.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
I waded a long way out, til the bottom grew mucky and seaweed tickled my legs, then submerged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
The congregants line the banks and sing ‘Amazing Grace” as Dill wades unsteadily into the river, sinking into its mucky bottom as he tries to reach where his father stands, smiling.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Just don’t bring the muckier parts of it inside to build up and contaminate our homes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2022
After growing up in the gloomy North and slogging through Westeros’s muckier precincts with the Hound, she arrived in summery Braavos like a little bloodthirsty Mary Richards, thrilling in her newfound freedom.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2015
I want to see the muckiest film advertised.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2013
This six-ply tire has a unique tread design that's made to last and last while chomping away at the muckiest of mud.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 589 is lightweight, which means it steers easily and doesn't put as much strain on your quad's drivetrain, and it really eats up the muckiest of mud.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I was just wondering which was the muckiest, Mr. St. Vincent or you—or myself, with whom you have both been cheek by jowl."
From A Daughter of the Snows by Jack London
Come silence, like a fainting fit—the thickest, muckiest silence I ever heard.
From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Henry Wallace Phillips
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