Meaning

3 senses

  1. Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)

    turbid water

    turbid wine

    trüb

    му́тныйmútnyj, му́тнаяmútnaja, му́тноеmútnoje

    му́тнийmútnyj, каламу́тнийkalamútnyj

  2. Smoky or misty.

  3. Unclear; confused; obscure.

More definitions
  • (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The pond’s turbid water hid the lurking fish.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear:
Русский
By meaning 1
having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear:

Origin

From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass

From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).

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Forms

more turbid, most turbid
Comparativemore turbid Lesson
Superlativemost turbid Lesson

regular

Synonyms

75 synonyms
confusedA2cloudyA1foggyA1mistyB1ambiguousB2ChineseA2denseB2inexplicableC1inscrutableC2mysteriousA2obscureC1thickA1grayA1indefiniteC1
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words
RelateddisturbA2troubleA2turbulenceB1turbulentB2perturbturbineturbidnessturbidity
Derivedinturbidateturbidimeterturbidimetricturbidimetryturbiditeturbidlyunturbid

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tunnelB2tuppenceturbanturbineturbulenceB1turbulentB2turd
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