muddy
Americanadjective
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abounding in or covered with mud.
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not clear or pure.
muddy colors.
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cloudy with sediment.
muddy coffee.
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dull, as the complexion.
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not clear mentally.
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obscure or vague, as thought, expression, or literary style.
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Horse Racing. denoting the condition of a track after a heavy, continuous rainfall has ceased and been completely absorbed into the surface, leaving it the consistency of thick mud.
verb (used with object)
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to make muddy; soil with mud.
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to make turbid.
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to cause to be confused or obscure.
verb (used without object)
adjective
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covered or filled with mud
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not clear or bright
muddy colours
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cloudy
a muddy liquid
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(esp of thoughts) confused or vague
verb
Other Word Forms
- muddily adverb
- muddiness noun
- unmuddied adjective
- unmuddy adjective
Etymology
Origin of muddy
First recorded in 1375–1425, muddy is from the late Middle English word muddi. See mud, -y 1
Example Sentences
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Another couple who were concerned that their boat may also fall into the hole walked through a muddy field in the dark for more than an hour to reach fire crews, the post said.
From BBC
Like most eight-hour dramas, it’s too long — “Slow Horses,” the best of this breed, sticks to six — and over the course of the show, things grow muddied with MacGuffins and subplots.
From Los Angeles Times
Machinery has been used to cut a huge muddy track to open up the woods and create what Harold's Park site manager Tom Moat describes as an "artery of wildlife through the woodland".
From BBC
It’s a simple story, but “Scarlet,” an anime feature from Japan, both complicates and muddies the quest.
It’s competent, but muddy, evidence that Homer did not yet understand how to use watercolors.
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