turbid

tur·bid

adj \ˈtər-bəd\

Definition of TURBID

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

Examples of TURBID

1. <the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing>

Origin of TURBID

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

First Known Use: 1626

Related to TURBID

Synonyms: muddy, riley, roiled, cloudy

Antonyms: clear, crystal clear, crystalline

Related Words: dingy, filmy, hazy, scummy, unfiltered; inky, muddied, muddled, murky, puddled, sludgy; opaque

Near Antonyms: clarified, filtered, purified; colorless, transparent, uncolored

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Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

Rhymes with TURBID

verbid