muddy

adj 1: (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" [syn: {boggy},

{marshy}, {miry}, {mucky}, {quaggy}, {sloughy}, {swampy}]

2: dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a

mucky stable" [syn: {mucky}]

3: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;

"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)

white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors";

"dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: {dirty}, {dingy},

{muddied}]

4: (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy

liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: {cloudy}, {mirky},

{murky}, {turbid}]

v 1: dirty with mud [syn: {muddy up}]

2: cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the

prediction"

3: make turbid; "muddy the water"