muddy

adj., -di·er, -di·est.

1. Full of or covered with mud.
2. 1. Not bright or pure: a muddy color.
   2. Not clear; cloudy, as with sediment: muddy coffee.
3. Lacking luster; dull: a muddy complexion.
4. Confused or vague: muddy thinking.

tr.v., -died, -dy·ing, -dies.

1. To make dirty or muddy.
2. To make dull or cloudy.
3. To make obscure or confused.

muddily mud'di·ly adv.
muddiness mud'di·ness n.

adjective

1. Covered or soiled with mud: miry. See clean/dirty.
2. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended: cloudy, murky, roiled, roily, turbid. See clear/unclear.
3. Lacking vividness in color: dim, drab, dull, flat, murky. See colors/colorless.

verb

To soil with mud: bemire, mire, muck (up), mud, slush. See clean/dirty.

adj

Definition: dark and cloudy
Antonyms: bright, clean, clear

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IN BRIEF: Full of or smeared with soft wet dirt. Also: Not clear in meaning.

One day a farmer was walking down a back road, and it was very muddy, and suddenly he came upon a large puddle, and in the middle of the puddle he saw a straw hat. — Paul H. Dunn (1924-1998).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mudret, pløret, forvirret, uklar
v. tr. - plumre, tilsøle

Nederlands (Dutch)
modderig, troebel, verward, vertroebelen

Français (French)
adj. - couvert de boue, crotté, boueux, terne, terreux
v. tr. - couvrir de boue, troubler, crotter

Deutsch (German)
v. - schmutzig machen
adj. - trübe, schlammig

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λασπώνω, (μτφ.) θολώνω, συσκοτίζω
adj. - λασπώδης, λασπωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
intorbidire, infangare, infangarsi, fangoso

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sujar, confundir
adj. - lamacento, confuso

Русский (Russian)
грязный, мутный, дымчатый, путаный, обрызгать грязью, замутить

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fangoso, barroso, lodoso, turbio, macilento
v. tr. - manchar de barro, enturbiar, poner de color terroso, turbar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smutsa ner, grumla, dämpa, förvirra
adj. - smutsig, grumlig, grötig, virrig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
泥泞的, 肮脏的, 污的, 使污浊, 使沾上泥污

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 泥濘的, 肮髒的, 汙的
v. tr. - 使污濁, 使沾上泥汙

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 진흙의, 흐린, 멍청한
v. tr. - 더럽히다, 흐리게 하다, 혼란하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 泥深い, ぬかるみの, 泥だらけの, 濁った, 曇った, ぼんやりした, わけのわからない, 混乱した
v. - 泥でよごす, まごつかせる, 泥だらけにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلوث بالوحل, يعكر (صفه) موحل, مشوش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בוצי, עכור, מרופש, מעורפל‬
v. tr. - ‮לכלך בבוץ, העכיר‬

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