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UK
/mˈʌdɪnəs/
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NOUN
- the quality of being cloudy
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the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield
the sloppiness of a rainy November day
the water's muddiness made it undrinkable -
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
a confusion of impressions
How To Use muddiness In A Sentence
- We will not, then, malign our river as gross and impure, while it can glorify itself with so adequate a picture of the Heaven that broods above it; or, if we remember its tawny hue and the muddiness of its bed, let it be a symbol that the earthliest human soul has an infinite spiritual capacity, and may contain the better world within its depths. Mosses from an Old Manse
- the water's muddiness made it undrinkable
- The difficulty of maintaining the clay squares and the muddiness that can occur on a wet day makes genuine traditional quoits a rare sport.
- The result was very much to my liking: cheerful and light rose with none of the muddiness that can so easily darken an all-natural rose fragrance, with ionone and tea depths that make it interesting and long lasting and quite diffusive. Tea Rose
- The ontological and cosmological proofs are for those who wish to cleanse themselves of the "muddiness and accidentality" of the world. William James, part 7: Agnosticism and the will to believe
- Color reproduction is bright and realistic, without bleed or muddiness.
- A Scumble is generally a tint made of some colour mixed with white; its usual effect is to render the part of the picture where it is employed, somewhat cooler, grayer, and less defined than before; hence it is of great service in connecting any tendency to muddiness or dirtiness of colouring; and also to what is called hardness, or over-distinctness of detail. Scumbling
