Muddy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmʌdi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Muddy is an adjective meaning Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
Meaning
Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
More Meanings
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- (euphemistic) Soiled with feces.
- Dirty, filthy.
- Not clear.
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
- (archaic) Of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud.
Example Sentences
He slogged across the muddy field.
Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.
A long Canal the muddy Fenn divides, / And vvith a clear unſully'd Current glides; […]
All theſe Cocytus bounds vvith ſqualid Reeds, / VVith Muddy Ditches, and vvith deadly VVeeds: […]
Word Forms
- muddier
- muddiest
- muddies
- muddying
- muddied
Synonyms for muddy
Depending on context, synonyms include oozy, clatchy, fuddled, muddled, adrip, arseholed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wet, sloughy, quaggy, swampy, miry, marshy.
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