as in muddy
having visible particles in liquid suspension
the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing
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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.
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
The die-offs may be attributable to algae blooms and cloudy, turbid water observed by scientists in the spring and summer of 2022, VIMS and the Chesapeake Bay Program said in news releases.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
What a sober, heartbreaking affirmation of life, and play, and sensuality, there in Paris, beside the turbid Seine, with the trenches — brimming with mud, death and excrement, not far to the east.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
The wreckage, some of it 50 feet below the surface in turbid water, is being assessed before being cut into pieces, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, told USA TODAY.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
The die-offs may be attributable to algae blooms and cloudy, turbid water observed by scientists in the spring and summer of 2022, VIMS and the Chesapeake Bay Program said in news releases.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
What a sober, heartbreaking affirmation of life, and play, and sensuality, there in Paris, beside the turbid Seine, with the trenches — brimming with mud, death and excrement, not far to the east.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
The wreckage, some of it 50 feet below the surface in turbid water, is being assessed before being cut into pieces, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, told USA TODAY.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbid
muddy
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On a recent morning, sweaty workers unloaded cargo boats by hand, carrying crates of beer, sacks of rice, and bags of flour on their shoulders 100 yards up the muddy riverbank to trucks waiting on the wharf.—
John Otis,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 1943, when the Mississippi tore away from its banks and charted a fierce and muddy course across America’s central farmlands, Gerard’s grandfather, Harold Gerard, had already fled the waters once.—
Julia Rendleman,
ProPublica,
5 Sep. 2025
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