Synonyms 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

   Synonyms:
   luteous, swampy, turbid, clayey

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

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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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   clear, dry, clean, pure

2. mucky, muddyadjective

   dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

   "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable"

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

   Antonyms:
   dry, clean, pure, clear

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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   dry, clean, pure, clear

4. cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbidverb

   (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

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

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

   Antonyms:
   dry, clear, pure, clean

5. muddy, muddy upverb

   dirty with mud

   Synonyms:
   muddy up

   Antonyms:
   clean, clear, pure, dry

6. muddyverb

   cause to become muddy

   "These data would have muddied the prediction"

   Synonyms:
   muddy up

   Antonyms:
   pure, clean, dry, clear

7. muddyverb

   make turbid

   "muddy the water"

   Synonyms:
   muddy up

   Antonyms:
   dry, clean, pure, clear

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Confuse
   • Dirty

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1. muddyadjective

   Synonyms:
   miry

2. muddyadjective

   Synonyms:
   turbid, dirty, foul, soiled

3. muddyadjective

   Synonyms:
   confused, dull, stupid, heavy, muddy-headed, muddy-brained

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1. muddyadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "muddy":

   silty, mud, sloppy

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How to use muddy in a sentence?

1. Alexander Herzen:

   Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.

2. Susan Johnson:

   It's kind of like a glass of muddy water. You let it sit, and the mud settles, and you see things a little more clearly.

3. Alan Watts:

   Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

4. Chase LeBlanc:

   Muddy waters should never prevent proper navigation of the ship or the spirit.

5. Selamat Dahalan:

   The one showed in the video is nothing like what we have conducted before, there should not be any water spraying or making the kids wade in a muddy pit—let alone involving a snake.