Definitions

muddy

[muhd-ee] / ˈmʌd i /

ADJECTIVE

dark and cloudy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dirty dull filthy flat gloomy marshy sloppy sodden soggy swampy

STRONG

addled bemired bespattered blurred caked confused foul obscure soiled

WEAK

boggy dingy fuzzy greasy grimy grubby gummy gunky hazy impure indistinct miry mucky opaque roily slushy smoky subfuse turbid unclean unclear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright clean dry light pure sharp sterile vivacious

STRONG

clear good understanding

Example Sentences

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One was ACID, another was MUDDY, and to the others he had objections which have escaped me.

From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Osgood, Charles Grosvenor

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