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Meaning
Adj
●
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.
Of a
colour
: not
bright
:
dirty
, dull.
Of an
image
:
blurry
or dim.
Of
light
:
cloudy
, opaque.
Of
sound
(especially during performance,
recording
, or
playback
):
indistinct
, muffled.
Of
speech
,
thinking
, or
writing
:
ambiguous
or
vague
; or
confused
,
incoherent
, or
mixed-up
; also,
poorly
expressed.
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
●
In Australian English, Crabs & Queensland:
(Australia (chiefly Queensland),
informal
) The
edible
mud crab
or
mangrove
crab
(Scylla serrata).
The
edible
mud crab
or
mangrove
crab
(Scylla serrata).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Clatchy
Muddled
Fuddled
Drunk
Mucky
Miry
Related
Wet
Boggy
Damp
Swampy
Waterlogged
Slippery
Choppy
Foggy
Dusty
Soggy
Cloudy
Dirty
Watery
Puddles
Dull
Slushy
Rough
Warm
Sticky
Silty
Icy
Dirt
Sandy
Smooth
Shallow
Rocky
Windy
Narrow
Snowy
Marshy
Stiff
Pond
Dark
Swamps
Soft
Rutted
Moist
Hilly
Blurry
Tinny
Slimy
Filthy
Sour
Smelly
Scratchy
Sand
Distort
Sloppy
Polluted
Barren
Heavy
Swamp
Dilute
Deep
Bumpy
Grey
Turbid
Saline
Gravel
Snow
Blotchy
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Rhymes
Muddy
Buddy
Cuddy
Ruddy
Study
Bloody
Cruddy
Floody
Fuddy-Duddy
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