muddy

²muddy

verb

mud·diedmud·dy·ing

Definition of MUDDY

transitive verb

1

: to soil or stain with or as if with mud

2

: to make turbid

3

: to make cloudy or dull

4

: confuse

— muddy the waters

: to make a situation more confusing or difficult

Examples of MUDDY

1. The flooding muddied the roads.
2. She muddied the color by adding some brown.
3. muddying the line between fact and fiction
4. The debate further muddied the issues.

First Known Use of MUDDY

1601

Related to MUDDY

Synonyms: addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, confuse, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex

Antonyms: clarify, clear (up), illuminate

Related Words: stick, stump, weird out; abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle; agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset; beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick

Near Antonyms: assure, reassure, satisfy; enlighten, inform

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Rhymes with MUDDY

bloody, buddy, study