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muddy

adjective verb

dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
M
Ends with
Y
Contains
UD
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

adjective

  1. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

    “muddy boots”

adjective

  1. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

    “a cloudy liquid”

adjective

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

    “a dirty (or dingy) white”

adjective

  1. (of soil) soft and watery

    “the ground was boggy under foot”

verb

  1. make turbid

    “muddy the water”

verb

  1. cause to become muddy

    “These data would have muddied the prediction”

verb

  1. dirty with mud

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Example Sentences

muddy boots
a mucky stable
a cloudy liquid
muddy coffee
murky waters
a dirty (or dingy) white
the muddied grey of the sea
muddy colors
dirty-green walls
dirty-blonde hair
the ground was boggy under foot
a marshy coastline
miry roads
wet mucky lowland
muddy barnyard
muddy the water
These data would have muddied the prediction

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