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Muddy Very Common

Muddy has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

dirty with mud

"The dog ran out into the yard and came back muddy from head to toe."

2

cause to become muddy

"These data would have muddied the prediction"

3

make turbid

"muddy the water"

4

To get mud on (something).

"The dog rolled around in the puddle and muddy its white coat instantly."

Adjective
1

(of soil) soft and watery

"the ground was boggy under foot"

"a marshy coastline"

"miry roads"

"wet mucky lowland"

"muddy barnyard"

"quaggy terrain"

"the sloughy edge of the pond"

"swampy bayous"

2

dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

"muddy boots"

"a mucky stable"

3

(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear

"dirty"

"a dirty (or dingy) white"

"the muddied grey of the sea"

"muddy colors"

"dirty-green walls"

"dirty-blonde hair"

4

(of liquids) clouded as with sediment

"a cloudy liquid"

"muddy coffee"

"murky waters"

5

Covered with or full of mud or wet soil.

"The dog ran through the puddles and came back with his fur completely muddy."

Example Sentences
"These data would have muddied the prediction" verb
"muddy the water" verb
"the ground was boggy under foot" adjective
"a marshy coastline" adjective
"miry roads" adjective
"wet mucky lowland" adjective
"muddy barnyard" adjective
"quaggy terrain" adjective
"the sloughy edge of the pond" adjective
"swampy bayous" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dirty confuse change
Rhyming Words
addy eddy waddy siddy middy tiddy liddy viddy kiddy widdy boddy giddy fiddy diddy doddy goddy biddy teddy reddy neddy
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