| ADJECTIVE | all | muddy, boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged | (of soil) soft and watery |
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| all | muddy, mucky | dirty and messy | |
| all | muddy, dirty, dingy, muddied | (of color) discolored by impurities | |
| all | muddy, cloudy, mirky, murky, turbid | (of liquids / liquids) clouded as with sediment | |
| VERB | contact | muddy, muddy up | dirty with mud |
| cognition | muddy | cause to become muddy | |
| change | muddy | make turbid |
| Sounds | mah'diy | |
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| Rhymes | already ... yesterday: 132 rhymes with diy... | |
| Meaning | (of soil) soft and watery. | |
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| Example | "muddy barnyard" | |
| Synonyms | boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged | |
| Broader | wet | Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water |
| Spanish | cenagoso, fangoso, lodoso, pantanoso | |
| Catalan | pantanós | |
| Nouns | mud | water soaked soil |
| muddiness | the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water | |
| Meaning | dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck. | |
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| Example | "muddy boots" | |
| Synonym | mucky | |
| Broader | dirty, soiled, unclean | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |
| Spanish | barroso, fangoso, lodoso, turbio | |
| Catalan | fangós, llotós | |
| Meaning | (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear. | |
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| Example | "muddy colors" | |
| Synonyms | dirty, dingy, muddied | |
| Broader | impure | combined with extraneous elements |
| Spanish | sucio | |
| Catalan | brut | |
| Nouns | muddiness | the quality of being cloudy |
| Meaning | (of liquids / liquids) clouded as with sediment. | |
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| Example | "muddy coffee" | |
| Synonyms | cloudy, mirky, murky, turbid | |
| Broader | opaque | not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy |
| Spanish | turbio | |
| Catalan | tèrbol | |
| Nouns | muddiness | the quality of being cloudy |
| Meaning | dirty with mud. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | muddy up | |
| Broader | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
| Spanish | embarrar, enfangar, enlodar, enlodazar | |
| Catalan | enfangar, enllotar | |
| Meaning | Cause to become muddy. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred |
| Spanish | enlodar | |
| Catalan | enfangar | |
| Meaning | make turbid. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "muddy the water" | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | embarrar, enlodar, enlodazar, enturbiar | |
| Catalan | enfangar, enllotar, enterbolir | |
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