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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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