Word Direct Answers

What does "muddy" mean?

Muddy: Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. This muddy vesture of decay. Shak.
  2. 3.Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak.
  3. 4.Not clear or bright. Swift.
  4. 5.To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
  5. 6.Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy. Grew.

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