muddy

/mˈʌdi/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. (of soil) soft and watery
   “the ground was boggy under foot”
2. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
   “muddy boots”
3. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear is often used in combination
   “dirty”
4. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
   “a cloudy liquid”

verb

1. dirty with mud
2. cause to become muddy
   “These data would have muddied the prediction”
3. make turbid
   “muddy the water”

Synonyms for muddy

• boggy
• marshy
• miry
• mucky
• quaggy
• sloppy
• sloughy
• soggy
• squashy
• swampy
• waterlogged
• wet
• dirty
• dingy
• muddied
• impure
• cloudy
• mirky
• murky
• turbid
• opaque
• muddy up

Words that rhyme with muddy

• study
• bloody
• ruddy
• understudy
• buddy
• cruddy
• cuddy
• buddie
• duddy
• fuddy
• huddie
• huddy
• huldie
• judie
• luddy