Synonyms of muck

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noun

1

as in dirt

foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something

spattered with muck from the pigpen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dirt
• soil
• sludge
• filth
• sewage
• gunk
• garbage
• dust
• crud
• grime
• trash
• litter
• junk
• smut
• rubbish
• slime
• swill
• scum
• dross
• sewerage
• soot
• waste
• refuse
• dirtiness
• foulness
• nastiness
• crock
• scrap
• filthiness
• grubbiness
• dustiness
• uncleanness
• griminess
• uncleanliness
• dinginess
• squalidness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleanliness
• cleanness

• cleanliness
• cleanness

2

as in mud

soft wet earth

her shoes were covered with muck by the end of the soccer game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mud
• sludge
• mire
• ooze
• gravel
• dirt
• slime
• sand
• silt
• guck
• slop
• gook
• slush
• clay
• soil
• gumbo
• loam
• humus

3

as in junk

that which is of low quality or worth

what's this muck that you've been watching on TV, anyway?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• junk
• rubbish
• cheese
• trash
• mess
• dreck
• tripe
• slop
• drek
• camp
• slush
• sleaze
• crapola
• lemon
• nonsense
• bomb
• claptrap
• kitsch
• stinker
• muddle
• turkey
• shambles
• clunker
• humbug
• clinker
• dud

4

as in garbage

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

there's some solid substance in this book, but the reader has to trudge through a lot of muck to get to it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• garbage
• rubbish
• nonsense
• nuts
• drool
• stupidity
• silliness
• trash
• blah
• rot
• bilge
• guff
• jazz
• beans
• twaddle
• bunk
• foolishness
• claptrap
• craziness
• blither
• fiddle
• crock
• bull
• madness
• baloney
• malarkey
• insanity
• punk
• slush
• falderal
• hogwash
• trumpery
• fudge
• hokum
• piffle
• crapola
• bunkum
• hooey
• blather
• folderol
• balderdash
• blatherskite
• tosh
• drivel
• flapdoodle
• humbuggery
• poppycock
• malarky
• absurdity
• boloney
• bosh
• codswallop
• blarney
• fiddlesticks
• folly
• blah-blah
• tommyrot
• applesauce
• buncombe
• moonshine
• idiocy
• senselessness
• horsefeathers
• humbug
• fiddle-faddle
• nerts
• hoodoo
• taradiddle
• tarradiddle
• flannel
• absurdness
• hokeypokey
• inanity
• tomfoolery
• rigmarole
• gas
• greek
• foolery
• lunacy
• imbecility
• witlessness
• inaneness
• asininity
• kookiness
• fatuity
• hot air
• monkey business
• shenanigan(s)
• rigamarole
• monkeyshine(s)
• hoity-toity
• double-talk
• hocus-pocus

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sensibleness
• sense
• rationality
• reasonableness
• horse sense
• judgement
• reasonability
• wisdom
• judgment
• levelheadedness
• common sense
• discernment

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• sensibleness
• sense
• rationality
• reasonableness
• horse sense
• judgement
• reasonability
• wisdom
• judgment
• levelheadedness
• common sense
• discernment

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muck

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verb

as in to dirty

to make dirty

you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dirty
• stain
• mess
• mire
• muddy
• soil
• grime
• blacken
• smudge
• sully
• besmirch
• daub
• foul
• distain
• gaum
• pollute
• smirch
• contaminate
• taint
• befoul
• begrime
• bemire
• muddle
• jumble
• disarray
• disorder
• defile
• disarrange
• discolor
• crock
• draggle
• colly
• dishevel
• confuse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• cleanse
• purge
• purify
• dust
• decontaminate
• wipe
• wash
• scrub
• sweep
• brush
• mop
• disinfect
• sanitize
• rinse
• scour
• launder
• brighten
• freshen
• renew
• spruce (up)
• deodorize
• straighten (up)
• dry-clean
• tidy (up)

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• clean
• cleanse
• purge
• purify
• dust
• decontaminate
• wipe
• wash
• scrub
• sweep
• brush
• mop
• disinfect
• sanitize
• rinse
• scour
• launder
• brighten
• freshen
• renew
• spruce (up)
• deodorize
• straighten (up)
• dry-clean
• tidy (up)

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Phrases Containing muck

• muck up
• muck (about or around)

• muck up
• muck (about or around)