Results
Definition of muddy:
- Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
- Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.
- Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.
- Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy.
- Not clear or bright.
- To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
- Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
Synonyms:
blackened, swampy, overemotional, slapdash, confused, sullied, loose-fitting, drear, complex, inert, dismal, begrimed, intricate, pulpy, squashy, mysterious, parched, roiled, soggy, wan, incomprehensible, obscure, muddy up, blue, barren, spongelike, murky, impure, cheating, oozy, mud, frothy, difficult, colors, bemire, soaked, abstruse, cloudy, pestiferous, black, unsportsmanlike, marked-up, spongy, unsporting, mirky, mess up, armor-plated, baggy, sluggish, dirty, miry, insipid, bemire, dingy, dull, gold-plated, enigmatical, nebulous, dreary, waterlogged, boggy, clear, smudged, doughy, wet, squishy, gilded, dense, stained, torpid, unclean, grass, unintelligible, quaggy, nasty, gloomy, complicated, dim, foamy, gilt, roily, marshy, mucky, sloughy, slimy, mat, sorry, muted, indistinct, lousy, grim, ill-gotten, sludgy, deep, weak, riley, dark, doubtful, leaden, nebulose, hidden, subdued, clean, disconsolate, soiled, besmirched, involved, profound, bemired, dusky, draggled, turbid, bedraggled, flat, opaque, ambiguous, sodden, contaminating, grotty, drab, gift-wrapped, slipshod, watery, mire, slush, uncleanly, haphazard, darksome, cobbled, muddied, slushy, raunchy, furry, dry, befouled, cruddy, translucent.
- dirty (part of speech: verb)
-
unclean (part of speech: adjective)
- grungy,
- septic,
- filthy,
- fetid,
- scatological,
- defiled,
- mucky,
- foul,
- insalubrious,
- odious,
- unclean,
- shabby,
- sordid,
- grubby,
- infectious,
- icky,
- squalid,
- grimy,
- unhygenic,
- smutty,
- scruffy,
- untidy,
- festering,
- dusty,
- disgusting,
- sloppy,
- putrid,
- dirty,
- unsanitary,
- impure,
- crummy,
- slovenly,
- murky,
- offensive,
- obscene,
- toxic,
- dingy
Usage examples:
-
" Take care, Miss Elizabeth," said Winthrop, as her foot slipped in the muddy way, - " or you will have more to remember than would be convenient.
- "Hills of the Shatemuc", Susan Warner. -
Picking up the muddy boots, he marched straight into Mr. Ludolph's office.
- "Barriers Burned Away", E. P. Roe. -
His shoes and his clothing up to his knees were almost as muddy as mine.
- "Who Goes There?", Blackwood Ketcham Benson.