muddy

[ muhd-ee ]

/ ˈmʌd i /

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adjective, mud·di·er, mud·di·est.

abounding in or covered with mud.

not clear or pure: muddy colors.

cloudy with sediment: muddy coffee.

dull, as the complexion.

not clear mentally.

obscure or vague, as thought, expression, or literary style.

Horse Racing. denoting the condition of a track after a heavy, continuous rainfall has ceased and been completely absorbed into the surface, leaving it the consistency of thick mud.

verb (used with object), mud·died, mud·dy·ing.

to make muddy; soil with mud.

to make turbid.

to cause to be confused or obscure.

verb (used without object), mud·died, mud·dy·ing.

to become muddy.

Origin of muddy

First recorded in 1375–1425, muddy is from the late Middle English word muddi. See mud, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM muddy

mud·di·ly, adverb mud·di·ness, noun un·mud·died, adjective un·mud·dy, adjective

Words nearby muddy

muddle along, muddle through, muddlehead, muddleheaded, muddler, muddy, muddy the waters, mudeye, mudfat, mudfish, mudflow

Example sentences from the Web for muddy

In late April or early May 1955, Chuck approached Muddy Waters about recording, and Muddy sent him to Leonard Chess.

How Rock and Roll Killed Jim Crow |Dennis McNally |October 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
To actually get out into a muddy field for a change and have some bombs go off certainly beat sitting around a dining room table.

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When Muddy got the message, he ran to a phone and called his boss.

The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters |Alex Belth |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But these songs by Muddy—no one had ever made commercial records like this.

The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters |Alex Belth |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Muddy came in week after week to ask when it would hit stores.

The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters |Alex Belth |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Have been on muddy water ever since we started out at Athabasca Landing.

Young Alaskans in the Far North |Emerson Hough
The buffaloes generally keep to the pools and muddy places, where they lie wallowing or basking in the warm mud for hours.

The Jungle Book |Rudyard Kipling
He shook a phial until the sediment at the bottom turned the liquid to a muddy purple as seen against the light.

Left Half Harmon |Ralph Henry Barbour
It is turbulent and muddy; hard to pass and masterful of mood: noisy and of brief continuance.

The Golden Sayings of Epictetus |Epictetus
Water had to be hauled for miles, and it was muddy and salty, at that.

The Prairie Wife |Arthur Stringer

British Dictionary definitions for muddy

muddy

/ (ˈmʌdɪ) /

adjective -dier or -diest

covered or filled with mud

not clear or bright muddy colours

cloudy a muddy liquid

(esp of thoughts) confused or vague

verb -dies, -dying or -died

to become or cause to become muddy

Derived forms of muddy

muddily, adverb muddiness, noun

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muddy

adjective, mud·di·er, mud·di·est.

verb (used with object), mud·died, mud·dy·ing.

verb (used without object), mud·died, mud·dy·ing.

Origin of muddy

OTHER WORDS FROM muddy

Words nearby muddy

Example sentences from the Web for muddy

British Dictionary definitions for muddy

adjective -dier or -diest

verb -dies, -dying or -died

Derived forms of muddy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

muddy

adjective, mud·di·er, mud·di·est.

verb (used with object), mud·died, mud·dy·ing.

verb (used without object), mud·died, mud·dy·ing.

Origin of muddy

OTHER WORDS FROM muddy

Words nearby muddy

Words related to muddy

Example sentences from the Web for muddy

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adjective -dier or -diest

verb -dies, -dying or -died

Derived forms of muddy

British Dictionary definitions for muddy