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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turbid |
| Synonyms: | blurred, cloudy, confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsified, foggy, gloomy, heavy*, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, roiled, somber, sullen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark and cloudy |
| Synonyms: | addled, bemired, bespattered, black, blurred, boggy, caked, confused, dingy, dirty, dull, filthy, flat, foul, fuzzy, gloomy, greasy, grimy, grubby, gummy, gunky, hazy, impure, indistinct, marshy, miry, mucky, obscure, opaque, roily, sloppy, slushy, smoky, sodden, soggy, soiled, subfuse, swampy, turbid, unclean, unclear |
| Antonyms: | bright, clean, clear |
| Main Entry: | murky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gloomy, obscure |
| Synonyms: | black, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, dark, darkened, dim, dingy, dirty, dismal, drab, dreary, dull, dun, dusk, dusky, filthy, foggy, foul, fuzzy, glowering, gray, grubby, impenetrable, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, nasty, nebulous, nubilous, overcast, roily, sad, smoky, somber, squalid, stormy, tenebrous, turbid, unclean |
| Antonyms: | bright, clear, light, luminous, sparkling, unobscured |
| Main Entry: | turbid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cloudy |
| Synonyms: | confused, dark, dense, heavy, impure, muddled, muddy, murky, obscure, polluted, roily, sedimentary, thick, unclear, unsettled |
| Notes: | turbid means 'unclear or murky' as in liquids; turgid means 'swollen or distended,' especially in relation to physical bodies |
| Antonyms: | clear |
| Main Entry: | roiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roily, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turbid |
| Synonyms: | blurred, cloudy, confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsified, foggy, gloomy, heavy*, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, roily, somber, sullen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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