muddy (redirected from muddies)

mud·dy  (md)

adj. mud·di·er, mud·di·est

1. Full of or covered with mud.

2.

a. Not bright or pure: a muddy color.

b. Not clear; cloudy, as with sediment: muddy coffee.

3. Lacking luster; dull: a muddy complexion.

4. Confused or vague: muddy thinking.

tr.v. mud·died, mud·dy·ing, mud·dies

1. To make dirty or muddy.

2. To make dull or cloudy.

3. To make obscure or confused.

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muddi·ly adv.

muddi·ness n.

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muddy

Adjective

[-dier, -diest]

1. covered or filled with mud

2. not clear or bright: muddy colours

3. cloudy: a muddy liquid

4. (esp. of thoughts) confused or vague

Verb

[-dies, -dying, -died]

1. to make muddy

2. to make a situation or issue less clear: the allegations of sexual misconduct only serve to muddy the issue

muddily adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	muddy - dirty with mud muddy up begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
	2.	muddy - cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction" obnubilate, obscure, blur, confuse - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
	3.	muddy - make turbid; "muddy the water" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
Adj.	1.	muddy - (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" boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, waterlogged, squashy, sloppy wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	2.	muddy - dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable" mucky dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
	3.	muddy - (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" muddied, dingy, dirty impure - combined with extraneous elements
	4.	muddy - (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" mirky, murky, turbid, cloudy opaque - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"

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muddy

adjective 1. boggy, swampy, marshy, miry, quaggy

adjective 2. dirty, soiled, grimy, mucky, mud-caked, bespattered, clarty Scot., Northern English (dialect)

adjective 3. dull, flat, blurred, unclear, smoky, washed-out, dingy, lustreless

adjective 4. cloudy, dirty, foul, opaque, impure, turbid

adjective 5. confused, vague, unclear, muddled, fuzzy, woolly, hazy, indistinct

verb 6. smear, soil, dirty, smirch, begrime, bespatter

Translations

muddy [ˈmʌdɪ] adj → fangoso, cubierto de lodo

muddy [ˈmʌdɪ] adj → boueux/euse

muddy [ˈmʌdɪ] mud adj (floor) → schmutzig;

(field) → schlammig

muddy [ˈmʌdɪ] adj → fangoso/a