turbid

[tur-bid]

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adjective

not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured: the turbid waters near the waterfall.

thick or dense, as smoke or clouds.

confused; muddled; disturbed.

Origin of turbid

1620–30; < Latin turbidus disturbed, equivalent to turb(āre) to disturb (derivative of turba turmoil) + -idus -id⁴

Related formstur·bid·i·ty, tur·bid·ness, nountur·bid·ly, adverbun·tur·bid, adjectiveun·tur·bid·ly, adverb

Can be confusedtorpid turbid turgid

Synonyms for turbid

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1. murky, cloudy, roiled, muddy.

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Related Words for turbid

confused, dark, dense, heavy, impure, muddled, muddy, murky, obscure, thick, unclear, unsettled, roily, polluted, sedimentary

Examples from the Web for turbid

Historical Examples of turbid

It was almost as if it reminded me of some turbid element in history and the soul.
Alarms and Discursions
G. K. Chesterton
With a quick spring he disappeared beneath the turbid water.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters
Charles Henry Lerrigo
Of all this turbid activity Dobyans Verinder was the chief profiter.
The Highgrader
William MacLeod Raine
Nora was gone, lost in that turbid stream which flows through our city.
Little Pollie
Gertrude P. Dyer
A short voyage of a day bore them to the mouth of turbid and turbulent Missouri.
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
John S. C. Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for turbid

turbid

adjective

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

dense, thick, or cloudyturbid fog

in turmoil or confusion

Derived Formsturbidity or turbidness, nounturbidly, adverb

Word Origin for turbid

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

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Word Origin and History for turbid

adj.

1620s, from Latin turbidus "muddy, full of confusion," from turbare "to confuse, bewilder," from turba "turmoil, crowd," probably from Greek tyrbe "turmoil."

turbid in Medicine

turbid

[tûr′bĭd]

adj.

Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy; cloudy.

Related formstur•bid′i•ty n.