muddy
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Soiled with feces.
- Of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud.
- Dirty, filthy.
- Not clear.
- Not clear: Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- Not clear: Of an image: blurry or dim.
- Not clear: Of light: cloudy, opaque.
- Not clear: Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
- Not clear: Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
- Not clear: Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
- Of a person or their facial expression: angry, sad, or sulky.
- Slightly drunk; tipsy.
Verb
- To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
- To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
- To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- To cause or permit (someone or something) to become stuck in mud; to mire.
- Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
- Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
- To become contaminated or impure.
Noun
- The edible mud crab or mangrove crab (Scylla serrata).
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