[
US
/ˈmədi/
]
[ UK /mˈʌdi/ ]
[ UK /mˈʌdi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment
a cloudy liquid
murky waters
muddy coffee -
(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 -
dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
a mucky stable
muddy boots -
(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
-
cause to become muddy
These data would have muddied the prediction -
make turbid
muddy the water - 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