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turbid

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tur·bid  (tûrbd)
adj.
1. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy: turbid water.
2. Heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog.
3. In a state of turmoil; muddled: turbid feelings.
[Latin turbidus, disordered, from turba, turmoil, probably from Greek turb.]
turbid·ly adv.
turbid·ness, tur·bidi·ty n.
turbid
Adjective
Literary (of water or air) full of mud or dirt, and frequently swirling around: the turbid stream of the Loire [Latin turbare to agitate]
turbidity n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.turbidturbid - (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
mirky, murky, cloudy, muddy
opaque - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"
Translations
turbid [ˈtəːbɪd] adj → turbio
turbid [ˈtəːbɪd] adj → boueux/euse
turbid [ˈtəːbɪd] adj [water] → trüb; [air] → schmutzig
turbid [ˈtəːbɪd] adj → torbido/a


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I leave a white and turbid wake; pale waters, paler cheeks, where'er I sail.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Behind the fog there was the flowing of water, the cracking and floating of ice, the swift rush of turbid, foaming torrents; and on the following Monday, in the evening, the fog parted, the storm clouds split up into little curling crests of cloud, the sky cleared, and the real spring had come.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Carey stood for a few minutes and looked at it, it was turbid and yellow, [and who knows what thoughts passed through her mind?
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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