muddy

Adjective
  1. (of soil) soft and watery (synset 302558836)
    "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"
    similar to: wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
    same as: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
  2. Dirty and messy;
    Covered with mud or muck (synset 300424139)
    "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable"
    similar to: dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
    same as: mucky
  3. (of color) discolored by impurities;
    Not bright and clear (synset 301915458)
    "dirty"; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
    similar to: impure - combined with extraneous elements
    same as: dingy, dirty, muddied
  4. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment (synset 300435243)
    "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
    similar to: opaque - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
    same as: cloudy, mirky, murky, turbid
Verb
  1. Dirty with mud (synset 201255439)
    is a type of: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty
    same as: muddy up
  2. Cause to become muddy (synset 200622598)
    "These data would have muddied the prediction"
    is a type of: blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
  3. Make turbid (synset 200544998)
    "muddy the water"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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