turbid

First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin turbidus “disturbed,” equivalent to turb(āre) “to disturb” (derivative of turba “turmoil”) + -idus adjective suffix (see -id⁴)

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tur·bid·i·ty

[tur-bid-i-tee], /tɜrˈbɪd ɪ ti/, tur·bid·ness, nountur·bid·ly, adverbun·tur·bid, adjectiveun·tur·bid·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH turbid

torpid, turbid , turgid

Words nearby turbid

Turanian, turban, turban squash, turbary, turbellarian, turbid, turbidimeter, turbidite, turbidity, turbidity current, turbinal

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How to use turbid in a sentence

It’s a terrific and slightly odd moment, one that briefly jolts this mostly turbid film to life.
Rebecca Hall Shows Some Bristling Energy in the Otherwise Turbid Ghost Thriller The Night House|Stephanie Zacharek|August 20, 2021|Time
For those living an aquatic life, small eyes might be related to the fact that they live in turbid water.
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Pettay recently analyzed its genome, and concluded that the alga is descended from a zooxanthellae native to a hot, shallow, often turbid region of the Indo-Pacific Ocean near Thailand.
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The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.
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His expletives were varied, vivid and inexhaustible, and the turbid stream was easily set flowing.
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In all but the smaller lakelets these turbid waters lay down all their sediment before they attain the outlet of the basin.
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The alcoholic solution of the tar became turbid on diluting with water.
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Its waters were red and turbid; its banks well timbered, with a rich, prolific soil.
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British Dictionary definitions for turbid

turbid

/ (ˈtɜːbɪd) /

adjective

muddy or opaque, as a liquid clouded with a suspension of particles

dense, thick, or cloudyturbid fog

in turmoil or confusion

Derived forms of turbid

turbidity or turbidness, nounturbidly, adverb

Word Origin for turbid

C17: from Latin turbidus, from turbāre to agitate, from turba crowd

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