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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