Antonyms for muddy
ˈmʌd imud·dy

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1. muddy

   That is obscure which the eye or the mind can not clearly discern or see through, whether because of its own want of transparency, its depth or intricacy, or because of mere defect of light. That which is complicated is likely to be obscure, but that may be obscure which is not at all complicated and scarcely complex, as a muddy pool. In that which is abstruse (Latin abs, from, and trudo, push) as if removed from the usual course of thought or out of the way of apprehension or discovery, the thought is remote, hidden; in that which is obscure there may be nothing to hide; it is hard to see to the bottom of the profound, because of its depth, but the most shallow turbidness is obscure. Compare COMPLEX; DARK; DIFFICULT; MYSTERIOUS.

   See synonyms for CLEAR.

   Synonyms:
   abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, complex, complicated, dark, darksome, deep, dense, difficult, dim, doubtful, dusky, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, indistinct, intricate, involved, mysterious, obscure, profound, turbid, unintelligible

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1. muddy

   Antonyms:
   dry, arid, rocky, arenaceous, sandy, limpid, pellucid, crystalline

   Synonyms:
   luteous, swampy, turbid, clayey

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1. boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterloggedadjective

   (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"

   Antonyms:
   clear, dry, clean, pure

   Synonyms:
   dingy, miry, waterlogged, spongy, squishy, pulpy, murky, mucky, loose-fitting, haphazard, baggy, sloughy, torpid, inert, sloppy, dirty, turbid, mirky, doughy, spongelike, marshy, sluggish, cloudy, swampy, slapdash, squashy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, soggy, boggy, muddied

2. mucky, muddyadjective

   dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

   "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable"

   Antonyms:
   dry, clean, pure, clear

   Synonyms:
   dingy, miry, waterlogged, murky, mucky, sloughy, sloppy, dirty, turbid, mirky, marshy, cloudy, swampy, squashy, quaggy, soggy, boggy, muddied

3. dirty, dingy, muddied, muddyadjective

   (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"

   Antonyms:
   dry, clean, pure, clear

   Synonyms:
   filthy, raunchy, marked-up, sloughy, foul, lousy, sordid, sloppy, dismal, dirty, soiled, disconsolate, turbid, grungy, pestiferous, marshy, begrimed, gloomy, blue, muddied, cheating(a), swampy, unclean, mucky, boggy, grimy, dark, grim, miry, soggy, ill-gotten, unsportsmanlike, grubby, unsporting, contaminating, squashy, cloudy, sorry, murky, drab, mirky, dingy, waterlogged, dreary, drear, quaggy

4. cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbidverb

   (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

   "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"

   Antonyms:
   dry, clear, pure, clean

   Synonyms:
   dingy, miry, waterlogged, nebulose, mucky, soggy, sloughy, sloppy, nebulous, murky, marshy, dirty, cloudy, muddied, swampy, squashy, quaggy, boggy, mirky, turbid

5. muddy, muddy upverb

   dirty with mud

   Antonyms:
   clean, clear, pure, dry

   Synonyms:
   muddy up

6. muddyverb

   cause to become muddy

   "These data would have muddied the prediction"

   Antonyms:
   pure, clean, dry, clear

   Synonyms:
   muddy up

7. muddyverb

   make turbid

   "muddy the water"

   Antonyms:
   dry, clean, pure, clear

   Synonyms:
   muddy up

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1. muddyadjective

   Synonyms:
   feculent, turbid, roily, opaque, intransparent, confused, involved, incoherent

How to use muddy in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare:

   Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy.

2. Dean Lomax:

   The most intriguing feature of our footprint is a long portion preserved at the back of the foot, which is an impression of what we call the metapodium, the presence of this might suggest our large meat-eater was squatting down in the mud, before standing up and walking away. It’s fun to think this dinosaur might well have been strolling along a muddy coastal plain one lazy Sunday afternoon in the Jurassic.

3. Subhas Bania:

   We've been forced to drink muddy water.

4. Alan Watts:

   Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

5. Julie Rikelman:

   What the other parts of the opinion will mean will play out in the coming years, we think the opinion did muddy the waters a bit, and so will lead to more litigation rather than less.

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