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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muddy \Mud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Muddier}; superl. {Muddiest}.]
     1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a
        muddy road or path; muddy boots.
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     2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.


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     3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.
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              This muddy vesture of decay.          --Shak.
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     4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull;
        stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.
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              Cold hearts and muddy understandings. --Burke.
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              Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. --Shak.
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     5. Not clear or bright. --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muddy
       adj 1: (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under
              foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky
              lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the
              sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" [syn: {boggy},
               {marshy}, {miry}, {mucky}, {quaggy}, {sloughy}, {swampy}]
       2: dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a
          mucky stable" [syn: {mucky}]
       3: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
          "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
          white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors";
          "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: {dirty}, {dingy},
           {muddied}]
       4: (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy
          liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: {cloudy}, {mirky},
           {murky}, {turbid}]
       v 1: dirty with mud [syn: {muddy up}]
       2: cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the
          prediction"
       3: make turbid; "muddy the water"
       [also: {muddied}, {muddiest}, {muddier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muddiest
       See {muddy}

















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