muddy

verbs

dirty with mud

muddy, muddy up

cause to become muddy

"These data would have muddied the prediction"

muddy

is a type of (narrower)

make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

"Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure

make turbid

"muddy the water"

muddy

is a type of (narrower)

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

alter, change, modify

adjectives

(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"

boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged

is derived from

mud

is derived from

muddiness

dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

"muddy boots"; "a mucky stable"

mucky, muddy

(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"

dingy, dirty, muddied, muddy

is derived from

muddiness

(of liquids) clouded as with sediment

"a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"

cloudy, mirky, muddy, murky, turbid

is derived from

muddiness