muddier; muddiest
1
: morally impure : base
2
a
: full of or covered with mud
b
: characteristic or suggestive of mud
a muddy flavor
muddy colors
c
: turbid with sediment
muddied; muddying
1
: confuse
2
: to soil or stain with or as if with mud
3
: to make turbid
4
: to make cloudy or dull
Synonyms
Examples of muddy in a Sentence
Adjective
please do not walk in the house with muddy boots on, as you will get the carpet dirty
whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers
Verb
The flooding muddied the roads.
She muddied the color by adding some brown.
muddying the line between fact and fiction
The debate further muddied the issues.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
Every two years or so, the entire structure is caked with a fresh layer of banco: a muddy mixture of water, soil, and straw that dries in open air.
—Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
James Mirtle, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
The case for bitcoin remains muddied, at least to me.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Piles of grey snow sat next to muddy stretches of the lawn.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
Every two years or so, the entire structure is caked with a fresh layer of banco: a muddy mixture of water, soil, and straw that dries in open air.
—Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
But what good is a dead-cat bounce at this point other than to muddy what will already be difficult offseason decisions?
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
The case for bitcoin remains muddied, at least to me.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Muddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muddy. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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muddy
2 of 2 verb
muddied; muddying
1
: to soil or stain with or as if with mud
2
: to make cloudy or dull
3
: to become or cause to become confused
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