muddiness

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	muddiness - the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; "the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield"; "the water's muddiness made it undrinkable"; "the sloppiness of a rainy November day" sloppiness, wateriness wetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks"
	2.	muddiness - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, confusion cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes disorientation - confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction; "his disorientation was the result of inattention" distraction - mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction" daze, haze, fog - confusion characterized by lack of clarity half-cock - confusion resulting from lack of preparation jamais vu - the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsy bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement - confusion resulting from failure to understand perplexity - trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
	3.	muddiness - the quality of being cloudy murkiness, cloudiness opaqueness, opacity - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light turbidity, turbidness - muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness, haziness - cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor

Translations

muddiness [ˈmʌdɪnɪs] n (of road, ground) → fangosità f inv; (of liquid) → torbidità f inv; (of complexion) → colore m terreo