muddy

(verb) dirty with mud. Synonyms: muddy up.

(verb) cause to become muddy. Example: "These data would have muddied the prediction."

(verb) make turbid. Example: "Muddy the water."

(adj) (of soil) soft and watery. Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged. Examples: "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."

(adj) dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck. Synonyms: mucky. Examples: "Muddy boots." "A mucky stable."

(adj) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear. Synonyms: dirty, dingy, muddied. Examples: "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."

(adj) (of liquids) clouded as with sediment. Synonyms: cloudy, mirky, murky, turbid. Examples: "A cloudy liquid." "Muddy coffee." "Murky waters."