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[ US /ˈmədi/ ]
[ UK /mˈʌdi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
    a cloudy liquid
    murky waters
    muddy coffee
  2. (of soil) soft and watery
    swampy bayous
    a marshy coastline
    quaggy terrain
    muddy barnyard
    the ground was boggy under foot
    miry roads
    the sloughy edge of the pond
    wet mucky lowland
  3. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
    a mucky stable
    muddy boots
  4. (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
VERB
  1. cause to become muddy
    These data would have muddied the prediction
  2. make turbid
    muddy the water
  3. dirty with mud

How To Use muddy In A Sentence

  • The couple have blocked access to the track, forcing horse owners to make a long and muddy detour across fields. Times, Sunday Times
  • He never complained, except when he occasionally slipped on muddy cobblestones.
  • The Deftones were good but suffered a muddy sound mix.
  • Though successful, the area was reduced to a muddy bog.
  • The runaway bus eventually came to a standstill when it rolled into a muddy field.
  • Muddying the issue of how much pirated software is on the Internet is the tremendous amount of software legally available to download.
  • On the other hand, when armed with a large umbrella or a well-fitting raincoat and perhaps a pair of gumboots, it is possible to enjoy the monsoon rains, and take time out to splash through muddy puddles and wade through waterlogged roads.
  • He had came back, light-hearted and happy, but muddy and grass stained.
  • The true features of a man is shown in adversity;the strength of a horse is tested on a muddy road.
  • I took a tentative sip of my wine: a muddy Pinot Grigio from the reed-riddled fields of some reclaimed Italian marsh. THE CALLIGRAPHER
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