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muddy
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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.

muddi·ly adv.
muddi·ness n.

muddy [ˈmʌdɪ]
adj -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
vb -dies, -dying, -died
to become or cause to become muddy
muddily  adv
muddiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.muddy - dirty with mud
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"
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"
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"
impure - combined with extraneous elements
4.muddymuddy - (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
opaque - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"

muddy
adjective
1. boggy, swampy, marshy, miry, quaggy a muddy track
2. dirty, soiled, grimy, mucky, mud-caked, bespattered, skanky (slang), clarty (Scot. & Northern English dialect) muddy boots
3. dull, flat, blurred, unclear, smoky, washed-out, dingy, lustreless The paper has turned a muddy colour.
4. cloudy, dirty, foul, opaque, impure, turbid He was up to his armpits in muddy water.
5. confused, vague, unclear, muddled, fuzzy, woolly, hazy, indistinct Such muddy thinking is typical of those who have always had it easy.
verb
1. smear, soil, dirty, smirch, begrime, bespatter The clothes he was wearing were all muddied.
2. confuse, cloud, obscure, blur, mix up, obfuscate, befog, make unclear It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
Translations
muddy [ˈmʌdɪ]
A. ADJ (muddier (compar) (muddiest (superl)))
1. (= covered in mud) [clothes, hands, floor, carpet, track, field] → lleno de barro, embarrado; [water, stream] → turbio
2. (= dull) [brown, green] → sucio; [skin, complexion] → terroso
3. (= confused) [ideas, thinking] → confuso, poco claro
B. VT
1. (= make dirty) [+ floor, carpet] → llenar de barro; [+ hands, dress] → manchar de barro; [+ water, stream] → enturbiar
2. (= make confused) to muddy the issueconfundir el tema or la cuestión, enredar las cosas
to muddy the watersconfundir el tema or la cuestión, enredar las cosas

muddy [ˈmʌdi]
adjboueux/euse
vt [+ shoes, boots, floor] → couvrir de boue
mud flap n [car] → pare-boue m inv; [truck] → bavette f
mud flats npllaisse f, laisse f de vase

muddy
adj (+er)
floor, shoes, hands etcschmutzig, schlammbeschmiert; road, ground etcschlammig, matschig; liquidschlammig, trübe; to get somebody/oneself/something muddyjdn/sich/etw schmutzig machen or mit Schlamm beschmieren; I’m all muddyich bin ganz voll Schlamm
(fig) complexiongräulich schimmernd; styleverworren
vtschmutzig machen, mit Schlamm beschmieren; water, riververschlammen; (fig: = confuse) situation, issueverwirren, in Verwirrung bringen; his explanation only helped to muddy the watersdurch seine Erklärung ist die Sache nur noch verworrener geworden

muddy [ˈmʌdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (road, ground, field) → fangoso/a; (hands) → coperto/a di fango; (clothes, shoes) → infangato/a; (liquid) → torbido/a; (complexion) → smorto/a, terreo/a
muddy [ˈmʌdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (road, ground, field) → fangoso/a; (hands) → coperto/a di fango; (clothes, shoes) → infangato/a; (liquid) → torbido/a; (complexion) → smorto/a, terreo/a

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