Meaning

16 senses
  1. Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).

    He slogged across the muddy field.

    Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.

    schlammig, matschig

    гря́зныйgrjáznyj

    брудни́йbrudnýj

    dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

  2. Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.

    The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the struggle between the alligator and the wild boar.

    му́тныйmútnyj

    каламу́тнийkalamútnyj

  3. Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.

  4. (euphemistic)Soiled with feces.

  5. (figuratively)Dirty, filthy.

  6. (figuratively)Not clear.

  7. Not clear.

    (figuratively)Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.

    (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination

  8. (figuratively)Of an image: blurry or dim.

  9. (figuratively)Of light: cloudy, opaque.

  10. (figuratively)Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.

    The television picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.

  11. (figuratively)Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.

  12. (figuratively, literary, poetic)Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.

Examples

94 sentences
  1. Tom took off his muddy shoes.

    Том зняв свою брудні чоботи. — Ahha

    ruТом снял свои грязные ботинки. — odexed

  2. The road was muddy and slippery.

    Дорога була брудна та слизька. — Ahha

    ruДорога была грязная и скользкая. — Selena777

    deDie Straße war matschig und rutschig. — dinkel_girl

  3. Please take off your muddy boots.

    Будь ласка, зніми свої брудні чоботи. — Ahha

    ruПожалуйста, сними свои грязные ботинки. — sharptoothed

  4. The river was muddy after the heavy rain.

    Ріка була каламутною після сильного дощу. — Ahha

    ruПосле сильного дождя река была мутной. — Wezel

  5. Tom's boots were muddy.

    У Тома були брудні чоботи. — Ahha

    ruБотинки Тома были грязными. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
covered or splashed with, or full of, mud:
of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid:
Русский
By meaning 2
covered or splashed with, or full of, mud:
of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
covered or splashed with, or full of, mud:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English muddi, moddy, muddy (“covered with or fu

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English muddi, moddy, muddy (“covered with or full of mud, muddy”), from mud, mudde (“mud; turbid water”) + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Mud, mudde is possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch modde, and/or Middle Low German modde, mudde, from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). The English word is analysable as mud + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). Doublet of muddle.

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Forms

muddier, muddiest
Comparativemuddier Lesson
Superlativemuddiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

332 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

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