English adjective: muddy | |||
| 1. | muddy (of soil) soft and watery | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged | ||
| Similar | wet | ||
| Antonyms | dry | ||
| 2. | muddy dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck | ||
| Samples | Muddy boots. A mucky stable. | ||
| Synonyms | mucky | ||
| Similar | dirty, soiled, unclean | ||
| Antonyms | clean | ||
| 3. | muddy (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear | ||
| Samples | Dirty. A dirty (or dingy) white. The muddied grey of the sea. Muddy colors. Dirty-green walls. Dirty-blonde hair. | ||
| Synonyms | dingy, dirty, muddied | ||
| Similar | impure | ||
| Antonyms | pure | ||
| 4. | muddy (of liquids) clouded as with sediment | ||
| Samples | A cloudy liquid. Muddy coffee. Murky waters. | ||
| Synonyms | cloudy, mirky, murky, turbid | ||
| Similar | opaque | ||
| Antonyms | clear | ||
English verb: muddy | |||
| 1. | muddy (contact) dirty with mud | ||
| Synonyms | muddy up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | ||
| 2. | muddy (cognition) cause to become muddy | ||
| Samples | These data would have muddied the prediction. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure | ||
| 3. | muddy (change) make turbid | ||
| Samples | Muddy the water. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||