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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 [ˈtɜːbɪd]
adj
1. muddy or opaque, as a liquid clouded with a suspension of particles
2. dense, thick, or cloudy turbid fog
3. in turmoil or confusion
[from Latin turbidus, from turbāre to agitate, from turba crowd]
turbidity , turbidness n
turbidly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.turbidturbid - (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"
Translations
turbid [ˈtɜːbɪd] ADJtúrbido
turbid [ˈtɜːrbɪd] adj [water] → trouble
turbid
adj
liquidtrübe, schmutzig
(fig: = confused) → verworren
turbid [ˈtɜːbɪd] adj (liquid) (fig) (situation) → torbido/a; (smoke, fog) → denso/a
turbid [ˈtɜːbɪd] adj (liquid) (fig) (situation) → torbido/a; (smoke, fog) → denso/a


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I leave a white and turbid wake; pale waters, paler cheeks, where'er I sail.
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.
Carey stood for a few minutes and looked at it, it was turbid and yellow, [and who knows what thoughts passed through her mind?
 
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