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muddy

/ˈmʌdi/verb, adjective2 syllables

Muddy means: (of soil) soft and watery.

Synonyms for muddy39

verb, as in dirty with mud

muddy up

adjective, as in (of soil) soft and watery

boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged, wet

adjective, as in (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

cloudy, mirky, murky, turbid, opaque

adjective, as in dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

mucky, dirty, soiled, unclean

adjective, as in (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination

dirty, dingy, muddied, impure

also used for muddy

oozy, clatchy, faint, wan, bland, colourless, dim, dull, lackluster, leaden, muddled, bemire, bemud, clart, inturbidate

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What does muddy mean?7

adjective

1

(of soil) soft and watery“the ground was boggy under foot”

2

(of liquids) clouded as with sediment“a cloudy liquid”

3

dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck“muddy boots”

4

(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination“a dirty (or dingy) white”

verb

1

dirty with mud

2

cause to become muddy“These data would have muddied the prediction”

3

make turbid“muddy the water”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with muddy?4

two syllables

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Show 40 near rhymes
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Muddy in a sentence

  • Where the water is muddy, the herons are fat.AlanF_US
  • The road was quite muddy, and, what is worse, it began to rain.CM
  • It rained heavily, so the playground is muddy.CK
  • We've had a heavy rain, so the playground is muddy.CK
  • If the road is muddy or slippery, wait for the proper conditions.Maria_E_Ward
  • In late autumn this road was always muddy and wet.Hybrid
  • The elephant was looking for a muddy patch.Amastan
  • The muddy road has ruined my new shoes.CC

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of muddy

as a verb

past tense
muddied
present participle
muddying
third-person singular
muddies
past participle
muddied

as a adjective

comparative
muddier
superlative
muddiest