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Muddy

[ˈmʌdi]

To get mud on (something).

📖 Definitions of "Muddy"

verb

1
To get mud on (something).
"If you muddy your shoes don't wear them inside."
2
To make a mess of, or create confusion with regard to; to muddle.
"The discussion only muddied their understanding of the subject."

adjective

1
Covered with or full of mud or wet soil.
"He slogged across the muddy field."
2
With mud or other sediment brought into suspension, turbid.
"The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the epic struggle."
3
Not clear; mixed up or blurry.
4
Confused; stupid; incoherent; vague.

20 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
turbid	Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)
opaquenoun	Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
dirtyverb	Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
wetnoun	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
murky	Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
soiled	(also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
cloudy	Covered with or characterised by clouds.
dingynoun	Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.
boggy	Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
miry	Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
mirky	Dated form of murky. [Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.]
swampy	Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
impureverb	Not pure
sloughy	Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
marshy	Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
mucky	(colloquial) Covered in muck.
unclean	Dirty, soiled or foul.
muddied	Having been made unclear, obfuscated.
muddy upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To confuse (an issue or situation); to obscure or obfuscate (an issue or situation).
quaggynoun	Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
wet	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
muddy upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To confuse (an issue or situation); to obscure or obfuscate (an issue or situation).
sloughy	Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
quaggynoun	Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
swampy	Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
mirynoun	Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
marshy	Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
boggynoun	Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
cloudy	Covered with or characterised by clouds.
murky	Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
turbid	Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)
mucky	(colloquial) Covered in muck.
mirky	Dated form of murky. [Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.]
soiled	(also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
unclean	Dirty, soiled or foul.
dingy	Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.
dirty	Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
impure	Not pure
opaque	Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
slurry	Slurred, tending to slur.