muddy

Adjective

• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
  • a cloudy liquid
    
  • muddy coffee
    
  • murky waters
    

• (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
  • dirty is often used in combination
    
  • a dirty (or dingy) white
    
  • the muddied grey of the sea
    
  • muddy colors
    
  • dirty-green walls
    
  • dirty-blonde hair
    

• dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
  • muddy boots
    
  • a mucky stable
    

• (of soil) soft and watery
  • the ground was boggy under foot
    
  • a marshy coastline
    
  • miry roads
    
  • wet mucky lowland
    
  • muddy barnyard
    
  • quaggy terrain
    
  • the sloughy edge of the pond
    
  • swampy bayous
    

Verb

• make turbid
  • muddy the water
    

• cause to become muddy
  • These data would have muddied the prediction
    

• dirty with mud

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cloudy , mirky , murky , turbid , dirty , dingy , muddied , mucky , muddy up