Main Entry: tur·bid

Pronunciation: \ˈtər-bəd\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin turbidus confused, turbid, from turba confusion, crowd, probably from Greek tyrbē confusion

Date: 1626

1 a : thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment <a turbid stream> b : heavy with smoke or mist
2 a : deficient in clarity or purity : foul, muddy <turbid depths of degradation and misery — C. I. Glicksberg> b : characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions) <an emotionally turbid response>

— tur·bid·i·ty \ˌtər-ˈbi-də-tē\ noun

— tur·bid·ly \ˈtər-bəd-lē\ adverb

— tur·bid·ness noun