muddy
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
muddier;
muddiest
muddier;
muddiest
Britannica Dictionary definition of MUDDY
1
:
filled or covered with mud
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a muddy pond
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His shoes were muddy.
2
:
similar to mud
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a muddy color
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muddy coffee
3
:
not clear or bright
:
dull or cloudy
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a muddy complexion
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The recording sounded muddy.
4
:
unclear in thought or meaning
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muddy thinking
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The facts in the case are muddy.
2
muddy
/ˈmʌdi/
verb
muddies;
muddied;
muddying
2
muddy
/ˈmʌdi/
verb
muddies;
muddied;
muddying
Britannica Dictionary definition of MUDDY
[+ object]
:
to make (something) muddy: such as
a
:
to cover (something) with mud
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His shoes were muddied.
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The flooding muddied the roads.
b
:
to make (a color) cloudy or dull
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She muddied the color by adding some brown.
c
:
to cause (something) to become unclear or confused
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muddying the line between fact and fiction
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The debate further muddied the issues.
muddy the waters
:
to make something more complicated or difficult to understand
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The latest study muddies the waters by suggesting an alternate explanation.
