puddled

adjective

as in muddled

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Recent Examples of puddled Frail elderly women, swathed in headscarves and saris, worshipped while sitting on puddled pavement near corroded metal changing lockers plastered with ads for Glow & Lovely skin cream. — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026 This length is easier to maintain and avoids the tripping hazards of puddled fabric while still looking polished. — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025 Fashion insiders wear them with puddled trousers and oversized knits; celebrities sport them year-round with jeans and knits, and preps still swear by a traditional black or oxblood pair that goes with everything. — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puddled
  1. muddled
  2. inky
  3. dingy
  4. muddied
  5. scummy
  6. murky
  7. unfiltered
Adjective
  • The somewhat muddled tale of a wealthy foreigner in Italy, going feral from the pressures of maternity both lost and found, feels longer on rather lofty style than substance for some time.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • That particular brand of pseudo-advocacy, hiding behind the muddled language of law, has been a PEN America staple for at least a decade now.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of muddled
Adjective
  • Besides being interesting on their own, some of these distant cometlike bodies have odd orbits that hint at the existence of another major planet out there in the inky black.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
  • In a paper published on Wednesday in Nature, Emerson and his colleagues report that these inky blemishes are a kind of transmissible skin cancer — one that appears to spread from catfish to catfish.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 July 2026
Definition of inky
Adjective
  • In response, the leader of Arioka orders Kanbei be thrown in the castle’s impeccably dingy dungeon.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Proper washing techniques and sorting by fabric type prevent socks from becoming dingy over time.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 July 2026
Definition of dingy
Adjective
  • During a nearly four-hour Friday hearing in Mecklenburg County small claims court, Jackson and Agape’s attorneys parsed through a muddied timeline that involved verbal agreements between Ball, Jackson and either Cam Newton or his father, Cecil Newton.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There is a desperate need to protect first-party data, which becomes muddied when bots, rather than humans, navigate a site.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of muddied
Adjective
  • The Hapsburg Inspector General, the equivalent of the food inspector darkening the doorway of a scummy restaurant?
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Clean outdoor water features with vinegar or other fungus-fighting ingredients to help prevent water from getting scummy.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 2 July 2026
Definition of scummy
Adjective
  • Although firms aren’t supposed to be connected to an insurer or provider, those relationships can be murky.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The deal also gives Asteria access to ZeroGen, ZeroSpace’s generative AI platform that aims to let studios generate content within legal guidelines, helping enterprise customers avoid the legally murky areas of copyright issues.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of murky
Adjective
  • His unfiltered confidence has gotten him some good attention.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026
  • Air leaking around the edges of a mask reduces its effectiveness because unfiltered air can be inhaled through the gaps.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of unfiltered

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