muddier; muddiest
1
: morally impure : base
2
a
: full of or covered with mud
b
: characteristic or suggestive of mud
a muddy flavor
muddy colors
c
: turbid with sediment
muddied; muddying
1
: confuse
2
: to soil or stain with or as if with mud
3
: to make turbid
4
: to make cloudy or dull
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Examples of muddy in a Sentence
Adjective
please do not walk in the house with muddy boots on, as you will get the carpet dirty
whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers
Verb
The flooding muddied the roads.
She muddied the color by adding some brown.
muddying the line between fact and fiction
The debate further muddied the issues.
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
In front of them, there’s a massive number 40 carved deep into a field, creating a dirty, muddy obstacle course.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Those conspiracy theories, parroted by Donald Trump and other high-profile Republicans, have muddied the zone and hampered relief efforts.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The expansive interview-laden liner notes and fly-on-the-wall session tapes provide illuminating context, and Sean’s mixes render tracks originally made for the muddy mono of AM radio in vital clarity for the AirPod era.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
In front of them, there’s a massive number 40 carved deep into a field, creating a dirty, muddy obstacle course.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Verb
This is the kind of honest, human moment that the average political documentary might resist, for fear of muddying an otherwise clear-eyed perspective, or even showing the filmmakers themselves having conflicted feelings, especially towards each other.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Those conspiracy theories, parroted by Donald Trump and other high-profile Republicans, have muddied the zone and hampered relief efforts.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Muddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muddy. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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muddy
2 of 2 verb
muddied; muddying
1
: to soil or stain with or as if with mud
2
: to make cloudy or dull
3
: to become or cause to become confused
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