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as in mucky
full of or covered with soft wet earth
please do not walk in the house with muddy boots on, as you will get the carpet dirty
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2
as in turbid
having visible particles in liquid suspension
whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers
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3
as in dusty
not clean
we were all muddy after playing outside
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as in to confuse
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work
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as in to blur
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve
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as in to dirty
to make dirty
forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor
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Recent Examples of muddy
Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 16 June 2025
On the ninth, both Burns and Scott sent their drives into catastrophic areas – Burns deep into the fescue on the left side of the hole, Scott ending up on the muddy pedestrian walkway area on the right.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Hanna Hart, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Like Slot at Liverpool, Reynolds and McElhenney aren’t letting their egos muddy the bigger picture.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
That would represent a drop of 15% and below that level the story is muddier, even though the name would likely stay on the Best Stocks list.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 16 June 2025
On the ninth, both Burns and Scott sent their drives into catastrophic areas – Burns deep into the fescue on the left side of the hole, Scott ending up on the muddy pedestrian walkway area on the right.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Verb
Others, eager to be liked or avoid seeming harsh, often soften their language, muddying expectations.
—Hanna Hart, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Like Slot at Liverpool, Reynolds and McElhenney aren’t letting their egos muddy the bigger picture.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muddy
Adjective
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Attendees mud wrestled even during rain delays in mucky conditions.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
15 June 2025
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With the Big 12 already in a bit of a mucky place before that reveal, how might this impact the conference as a whole?—
Mark Schindler,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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On the engineering side, the plan is to design a better speaker, targeting the ideal frequency response for a turbid ecosystem, and doing so in a way that drives down the cost.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Nov. 2024
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Grass carp make the water more turbid; stiltgrass and common reed can block sight lines and reduce property values; and sea lamprey are a shocking sight when they are attached to sport fish.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
12 Sep. 2024
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Just think about where your luggage has been; it gets hauled through airports, goes for a ride on a conveyor belt, rolls across dusty parking lots, is stashed into overhead bins, and is often handled by multiple people with no guarantee of clean hands.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025
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He’s worn them outside on dusty furniture, has cat fur all over them ...—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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The man is Jack Ryan, not to be confused with the Jack Ryan dreamed up by Tom Clancy.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Fun fact: Ferdinando de’ Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, as a patron of the arts Ferdinando de’ Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (not to be confused with his ancestor Ferdinando I de’ Medici, the second Grand Duke of Tuscany), was both a patron of musicians and a talented performer himself.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Kurt’s key takeaways Meta’s decision to turn chatbot prompts into social content has blurred the line between private and public in a way that catches many users off guard.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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As tokenized investing becomes a tangible reality for millions, the lines between centralized brokerages and decentralized protocols are blurring—setting a high bar for the next generation of financial platforms.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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And for nights when you can't be bothered to dirty a million dishes just to get dinner on the table, there's an air fryer from Ninja.—
Sarah Felbin,
SELF,
23 May 2025
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Crème Brûlée Steve Granitz Crème brûlée is like butter blonde, but dirtied up a bit for a browned, warm tint.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Use safe cleaning products: White vinegar is great to prevent slimy buildup.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2025
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Serious problems such as infections may arise, however, when those bacteria reproduce to form thick, slimy, treatment-resistant colonies known as biofilms.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 June 2025
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Her eyes were murky green and always cast upward and to the left.—
Ottessa Moshfegh,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Rules and regulations regarding international flight cancellations are a little murky.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2025
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“Muddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muddy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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