muddy
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Definition of muddy
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Other Words from muddy
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Synonyms for muddy
Synonyms: Adjective
miry, mucky, oozy, slimy, sludgy, slushy
Synonyms: Verb
addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex
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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 campersVerb
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.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The wet fields and muddy roads became a swampy mess. — National Geographic, "Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo—here’s what went wrong," 15 Aug. 2019 Colorado Denver: Drivers using Google Maps to get to the city’s airport last weekend and trying to avoid a traffic jam were sent on a detour that took them down a narrow, muddy dirt road. — USA TODAY, "Moon rocks, Misty of Chincoteague, Haiku Stairs: News from around our 50 states," 28 June 2019 Though the documentary’s larger argument is muddier and harder to verify, that speech from 1989 will haunt Coe’s spiritual descendants with a viciousness that will only grow as more of the public learns about his views. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "The Family’s Big Secret Is Hiding in Plain Sight," 14 Aug. 2019 King salmon were off limits to fish, and the rivers were high, muddy and unsafe, the letter said. — Author: Audrey Dutton, Anchorage Daily News, "They sold Alaska fishing trips ‘of a lifetime.’ Now Idaho is suing them.," 5 Aug. 2019 With over 20 obstacles, including a mud pit, this is the biggest and muddiest event yet. — courant.com, "Community News For The Putnam-Killingly Edition," 5 Aug. 2019 The trails would be muddy and treacherous, but out there the air wouldn’t feel so heavy. — Kent Babb / Washington Post, Twin Cities, "MN native and olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin could do it all — until it all became too much," 29 July 2019 The Sandusky River in Fremont has been a bit high and muddy, but a few catfish are being caught. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, "Lake Erie walleye parade not slowed by mayfly hatch, hot weather: July 12 Fishing Report," 12 July 2019 After admiring the scenery from the shores of the lagoon, explore the mossy (and often muddy) bosque encantado, or enchanted forest. — National Geographic, "Take the perfect road trip at the bottom of the world," 5 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
That muddied patch of manta cloth, the product of sudden flooding, might put you in the mind of the hazy color blocks of Mark Rothko. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Painter Vivian Suter emerges from decades of self-exile with bright, blissful works at the ICA," 29 Aug. 2019 Instead, the administration imposed tariffs not just on China to punish it for cheating, but on our allies as well — muddying the message and blunting the effect. — Mona Charen, National Review, "What Hong Kong Means for the U.S.," 16 Aug. 2019 San Jose police Chief Eddie Garcia shared a similar sentiment, saying the raffle risked muddying the contributions of the more than 70 SJPD officers from assorted units who contributed to the police response to the shooting. — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, "San Jose police union gun raffle axed following rebuke from ex-police auditor," 2 Aug. 2019 As a real-time game, speed is a big factor in any SC2 victory, and in previous games, AlphaStar at times demonstrated superhuman speed that gave it an unfair advantage and muddied the experiment results. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "DeepMind AI is secretly lurking on the public StarCraft II 1v1 ladder," 11 July 2019 If the nucleus recoils with enough vigor, and if the atoms that are perturbed are then buried deep in the earth (to shield the sample from cosmic rays that can muddy the data), then the recoil track could be preserved. — Wired, "Dark Matter Hunters Are Looking Inside Rocks for New Clues," 13 Jan. 2019 If the nucleus recoils with enough vigor, and if the atoms that are perturbed are then buried deep in the earth (to shield the sample from cosmic rays that can muddy the data), then the recoil track could be preserved. — Quanta Magazine, "Why the Best Place to Find Dark Matter May Be in a Rock," 7 Jan. 2019 Pettis and Taylor were offseason candidates to have the most receptions among the team’s wideouts, but Taylor’s outlook has been muddied by his surgery. — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, "From hope to must-have? 49ers may need rookies Samuel, Hurd to assume big roles," 11 Aug. 2019 And last week in Iowa, Harris appeared to muddy her position on busing — the core of her attack on Biden — when pressed by reporters. — Liz Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, "One viral moment can set a 2020 candidate apart — but they’re hard to come by," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'muddy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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