[
UK
/mˈʌdɪd/
]
[ US /ˈmədid/ ]
[ US /ˈmədid/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
dirty-blonde hair
muddy colors
dirty
the muddied grey of the sea
dirty-green walls
a dirty (or dingy) white
How To Use muddied In A Sentence
- His efforts to connect on economic policy have been muddied by an ideological incoherence that once served as his greatest strength in appealing to voters across party lines.
- However, the decay on real xylophones and marimbas is so long that the counterpoint gets muddied.
- That, and the fact that recent social ‘history’ is so readily muddied and lost.
- YELLIN: Well, there have been a number of reports that there is disarray in the campaign, finger pointing, anger about what some call a muddied message by Senator Clinton. CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2007
- To reduce returning sound being muddied, the rear wall to the baptistry was opened with angled cuts and a tapestry hung, resulting in unusual visual links to the space.
- McLellan may have been wet, bedraggled and muddied but she could still raise a big smile at the prospect of making that first underground sighting of a wombat, cosy and safe, far down in its den.
- The pursuit was renewed, till the water was again muddied. LOVE OF LIFE
- Well, I say a bit of reductionism is a good thing - it stops the waters being muddied so much by name-calling and populist propaganda.
- The sound quality, you'll find, is definitely far improved over the muffled and muddied tracks that accompany syndicated repeats.
- The tank drives over a dead, muddied body and civilians hang from telegraph posts. The Sun