muddy
adjective
1. (of soil) soft and watery
- muddy barnyard
Similar word(s): wet, boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
2. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
- muddy boots
Similar word(s): dirty, soiled, unclean, mucky
3. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
- muddy colors
Similar word(s): impure, dingy, dirty, muddied
4. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- muddy coffee
Similar word(s): opaque, cloudy, mirky, murky, turbid
Sentences with muddy as an adjective:
- He slogged across the muddy field.
- Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.
- The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the epic struggle.
- The picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.
verb
1. dirty with mud
Definition categories: contact, begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil
2. cause to become muddy
Definition categories: cognition, blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure
3. make turbid
- muddy the water
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
Sentences with muddy as a verb:
- If you muddy your shoes don't wear them inside.