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muddy

• (s) (of soil) soft and watery
  • the ground was boggy under foot
  • a marshy coastline
  • miry roads
  • wet mucky lowland
  • muddy barnyard
  • quaggy terrain
  • the sloughy edge of the pond
  • swampy bayous
  boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, waterlogged, squashy, sloppy,
• (s) dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
  • muddy boots
  • a mucky stable
  mucky,
• (s) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
  • dirty" is often used in combination
  • a dirty (or dingy) white
  • the muddied grey of the sea
  • muddy colors
  • dirty-green walls
  • dirty-blonde hair
  muddied, dingy, dirty,
• (s) (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
  • a cloudy liquid
  • muddy coffee
  • murky waters
  mirky, murky, turbid, cloudy,

Verbs

• (v) dirty with mud muddy up,
• (v) cause to become muddy
  • These data would have muddied the prediction
• (v) make turbid
  • muddy the water

Synonyms

muddy up boggy marshy miry mucky quaggy sloughy soggy swampy waterlogged squashy sloppy muddied dingy dirty mirky murky turbid cloudy

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