What is another word for muddy?
808 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈʌdi], [ mˈʌdi], [ m_ˈʌ_d_i]
If you're writing a story, poem or article that involves mud, you might be looking for synonyms for the word 'muddy.' Here are some possibilities:
• Dirty - if the mud is really messy and unclean, this word may be appropriate.
• Filthy - this word connotes more disgust than 'dirty,' so it could be a good option if the mud has a particularly unpleasant quality.
• Murky - if the mud is also dark or unclear, this word could work well.
• Sullied - this word has a more poetic or elegant quality to it, so it might be a good choice if you're going for that kind of tone.
• Cloudy - if the mud is not necessarily dirty, but more opaque or unclear, this word may be a good synonym.
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Similar words for muddy:
- bedraggled (adjective)
- dirty (adjective)
- dull (adjective)
- problematical (adjective)
- unclean (adjective)
- undefined (adjective)
- abstruse (adjective)
- ambiguous (adjective)
- cloudy (adjective)
- dark and cloudy (adjective)
- dingy (adjective)
- drab (adjective)
- filthy (adjective)
- inexplicit (adjective)
- murky (adjective)
- mushy (adjective)
- sallow (adjective)
- slimy (adjective)
- sloppy (adjective)
- squalid (adjective)
- turbid (adjective)
- uncleanly (adjective)
- unsanitary (adjective)
- vague (adjective)
- mirky (noun)
- muddy (noun)
- addle (verb)
- becloud (verb)
- blur (verb)
- change (verb)
- cloud (verb)
- dirty (verb)
- fade (verb)
- fog (verb)
- obscure (verb)
- pale (verb)
- roil (verb)
- soil (verb)
- taint (verb)
- tarnish (verb)
- addle
- becloud
- cloud
- conceal
- confuse
- dim
- dirty
- muddy
- murky
- obscure
- oozy
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Muddy:
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adj.
• bedraggled • dirty- Dreggy ,
- Dungy ,
- begrimed ,
- cruddy ,
- disarrayed ,
- dishabille ,
- scummier ,
- scuzzy ,
- slatternly ,
- straggly ,
- unclean ,
- undusted ,
- unhygienic ,
- unlaundered ,
- unswept ,
- mung ,
- scummy ,
- spotted ,
- yucky .
- dun ,
- matte ,
- subfusc ,
- toned-down ,
- unlit .
- crummy ,
- defiled ,
- disgusting ,
- dusty ,
- festering ,
- fetid ,
- foul ,
- grimy ,
- grubby ,
- grungy ,
- icky ,
- impure ,
- infectious ,
- insalubrious ,
- mucky ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- offensive ,
- putrescent ,
- putrid ,
- scatological ,
- scruffy ,
- septic ,
- shabby ,
- slovenly ,
- smutty ,
- sordid ,
- toxic ,
- unhygenic ,
- untidy .
- greek me ,
- in comprehensible ,
- in-comprehensible ,
- involved ,
- most enigmatic ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- puzzling ,
- un fathomable ,
- un-fathomable .
- in conclusive ,
- in definite ,
- in determinate ,
- in-conclusive ,
- in-definite ,
- in-determinate ,
- more multivocal ,
- more polysemous ,
- most multivocal ,
- most polysemous ,
- multi vocal ,
- multi-vocal ,
- opaque ,
- un clear ,
- un clearer ,
- un clearest ,
- un intelligible ,
- un-clear ,
- un-clearer ,
- un-clearest ,
- un-intelligible .
- emulsified ,
- gloomy ,
- in distinct ,
- in-distinct ,
- mis tier ,
- mis-tier ,
- misty ,
- more blurred ,
- more emulsified ,
- more nontranslucent ,
- more nontransparent ,
- more nubilous ,
- most blurred ,
- most emulsified ,
- most nontranslucent ,
- most nontransparent ,
- most nubilous ,
- non translucent ,
- non transparent ,
- non-translucent ,
- nontransparent ,
- over cast ,
- over-cast ,
- overcast ,
- somber .
- Bemired ,
- Caked ,
- GUNKY ,
- addled ,
- bespattered ,
- black ,
- blurred ,
- boggy ,
- confused ,
- fuzzy ,
- greasy ,
- gummy ,
- hazy ,
- indistinct ,
- smoky ,
- soggy ,
- unclear .
- be dimmed ,
- be-dimmed ,
- brokendown ,
- dis colored ,
- dis-colored ,
- more bedimmed ,
- more darkish ,
- more discolored ,
- more smirched ,
- more tarnished ,
- most bedimmed ,
- most darkish ,
- most discolored ,
- most smirched ,
- most tarnished .
- de solate ,
- de-solate ,
- drab ,
- more characterless ,
- more lusterless ,
- more subfuse ,
- more zero ,
- most characterless ,
- most lusterless ,
- most subfuse ,
- most zero ,
- sub fuse ,
- sub-fuse ,
- un changing ,
- un inspired ,
- un-changing ,
- un-inspired .
- fecal ,
- more blackened ,
- more fecal ,
- more feculent ,
- more verminous ,
- most blackened ,
- most fecal ,
- most feculent ,
- most verminous ,
- soilier ,
- soiliest ,
- yecchier ,
- yecchiest .
- gelatinous ,
- mashier ,
- mashiest ,
- more jelled ,
- more pastelike ,
- more semiliquid ,
- more semisolid ,
- most jelled ,
- most pastelike ,
- most semiliquid ,
- most semisolid ,
- papper ,
- pappest ,
- pulpy ,
- semi liquid ,
- semi solid ,
- squishy .
- greenish yellow ,
- greenishyellow ,
- more bilious ,
- more greenish yellow ,
- more greenish-yellow ,
- more greenishyellow ,
- most bilious ,
- most greenish yellow ,
- most greenish-yellow ,
- most greenishyellow ,
- pasty .
- dis gusting ,
- dis-gusting ,
- more reeking ,
- most reeking ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken ,
- re eking ,
- re-eking ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest .
- be wildering ,
- be-wildering ,
- ill defined ,
- illdefined ,
- in explicable ,
- in-explicable ,
- mis understood ,
- mis-understood ,
- more amphibological ,
- more bewildering ,
- more generalized ,
- more unexplicit ,
- most amphibological ,
- most bewildering ,
- most generalized ,
- most imprecise ,
- most unexplicit ,
- un explicit ,
- un known ,
- un settled ,
- un specified ,
- un sure ,
- un-determined ,
- un-explicit ,
- un-known ,
- un-settled ,
- un-specified ,
- un-sure ,
- unspecified .
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n.
• mirky • muddy -
v.
• addle- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts .
- be dimming ,
- be fog ,
- be fogged ,
- be fogging ,
- be fogs ,
- be-dimming ,
- be-fog ,
- be-fogged ,
- be-fogging ,
- be-fogs ,
- made hazy ,
- made indistinct ,
- made vague ,
- makes hazy ,
- makes indistinct ,
- makes vague ,
- making hazy ,
- making indistinct ,
- making vague .
- be fuddle ,
- be fuddled ,
- be fuddles ,
- be fuddling ,
- be-fuddle ,
- be-fuddled ,
- be-fuddles ,
- be-fuddling ,
- dis orient ,
- dis oriented ,
- dis orienting ,
- dis orients ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis tract ,
- dis tracts ,
- dis-orient ,
- dis-oriented ,
- dis-orienting ,
- dis-orients ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- dis-tract ,
- dis-tracts .
- befoul ,
- besmirch ,
- contaminate ,
- defile ,
- pollute ,
- putrefy ,
- smear ,
- smirch ,
- smudge ,
- stain ,
- streak ,
- sully .
- Achromatized ,
- achromatizes ,
- became colorless ,
- becomes colorless ,
- becoming colorless ,
- de colorize ,
- de colorized ,
- de colorizes ,
- de colorizing ,
- de-colorize ,
- de-colorized ,
- de-colorizes ,
- de-colorizing ,
- decolorizes ,
- dis appear ,
- dis appeared ,
- dis appearing ,
- dis appears ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-appear ,
- dis-appeared ,
- dis-appearing ,
- dis-appears ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- evanished ,
- evanishes ,
- evanishing ,
- grew dim ,
- growing dim ,
- loses brightness ,
- loses luster ,
- losing brightness ,
- losing luster ,
- lost brightness ,
- lost luster .
- be lied ,
- be lying ,
- be-lied ,
- be-lying ,
- cloud issue ,
- clouded issue ,
- clouded the issue ,
- clouding issue ,
- clouding the issue ,
- clouds issue ,
- clouds the issue ,
- dis guise ,
- dis guised ,
- dis guises ,
- dis guising ,
- dis-guise ,
- dis-guised ,
- dis-guises ,
- dis-guising ,
- double talked ,
- double talking ,
- double-talked ,
- double-talking ,
- doubletalk ,
- doubletalked ,
- doubletalking ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- muddied the waters ,
- muddied waters ,
- muddies the waters ,
- muddies waters ,
- muddying the waters ,
- muddying waters ,
- over casting ,
- over casts ,
- over cloud ,
- over clouded ,
- over clouding ,
- over clouds ,
- over shadow ,
- over shadowed ,
- over shadowing ,
- over shadows ,
- over-casting ,
- over-casts ,
- over-cloud ,
- over-clouded ,
- over-clouding ,
- over-clouds ,
- over-shadow ,
- over-shadowed ,
- over-shadowing ,
- over-shadows ,
- overcasts ,
- threw smoke screen ,
- threw up smoke screen ,
- throw smoke screen ,
- throwing smoke screen ,
- throwing up smoke screen ,
- throws smoke screen ,
- throws up smoke screen .
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- goes white ,
- going white ,
- grew dull ,
- growing dull ,
- grows dull ,
- loses color ,
- losing color ,
- lost color ,
- went white .
- be draggle ,
- be draggles ,
- be draggling ,
- be foul ,
- be fouling ,
- be fouls ,
- be smirch ,
- be smirches ,
- be smirching ,
- be-draggle ,
- be-draggles ,
- be-draggling ,
- be-foul ,
- be-fouling ,
- be-fouls ,
- be-smirch ,
- be-smirches ,
- be-smirching ,
- bedraggles ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- maculates ,
- maculating ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- musses up ,
- mussing up .
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- cast slur ,
- casting a slur ,
- casting slur ,
- casts a slur ,
- casts slur ,
- co oked ,
- co oking ,
- co-oked ,
- co-oking ,
- crudded up ,
- crudding up ,
- cruds up ,
- de compose ,
- de composed ,
- de composes ,
- de composing ,
- de-compose ,
- de-composed ,
- de-composes ,
- de-composing ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis integrate ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis integrates ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- dis-integrate ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-integrates ,
- dis-integrating ,
- gave a bad name ,
- gave bad name ,
- give bad name ,
- gives a bad name ,
- gives bad name ,
- giving a bad name ,
- giving bad name .
Other synonyms:
- thick .
- slush .
Other relevant words:
- Bedraggling ,
- Befogging ,
- Crumbed ,
- Crumbing ,
- Evanish ,
- Maculated ,
- Messed ,
- Messing ,
- Muddying ,
- Trashed ,
- achromatize ,
- become colorless ,
- bedraggle ,
- befog ,
- befogged ,
- befogs ,
- blinded ,
- blinding ,
- blur ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- cast a slur ,
- crud up ,
- decolorize ,
- decolorized ,
- decolorizing ,
- dim ,
- dirty ,
- fade ,
- fog ,
- give a bad name ,
- go white ,
- grow dim ,
- grow dull ,
- grows dim ,
- infect ,
- lose brightness ,
- lose color ,
- lose luster ,
- lose shine ,
- maculate ,
- make hazy ,
- make indistinct ,
- make turbid ,
- make vague ,
- muck up ,
- mucked ,
- mucked up ,
- mucking ,
- muddies ,
- muss up ,
- mussed up ,
- obscure ,
- pale ,
- roil ,
- soil ,
- soiled ,
- steam up ,
- steamed up ,
- steaming up ,
- taint ,
- tarnish ,
- tarnishes ,
- wash out ,
- washed out ,
- washes out ,
- washing out .
- Begriming ,
- Smutched ,
- Smutching ,
- Tarred ,
- Tarring ,
- Tars ,
- begrime ,
- begrimes ,
- besoil ,
- blotched ,
- blotching ,
- encrust ,
- encrusted ,
- encrusting ,
- encrusts ,
- grimed ,
- griming ,
- make dusty ,
- make impure ,
- smoking ,
- smutch ,
- tar .
- GRAYS ,
- Gloomed ,
- Muddy Waters ,
- Shrouded ,
- cloud the issue ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- fuzzed ,
- fuzzing ,
- glooming ,
- grayed ,
- graying ,
- muddy the waters ,
- murked ,
- murking ,
- overcasting ,
- overcloud ,
- overclouded ,
- overclouding ,
- overclouds ,
- shrouding ,
- throw up smoke screen .
- Amphibological ,
- Mashy ,
- Muculent ,
- Multivocal ,
- Nubilous ,
- Soily ,
- abstruse ,
- ambiguous ,
- bedraggled ,
- bilious ,
- broken down ,
- characterless ,
- clear as dishwater ,
- cloudy ,
- darkish ,
- dingy ,
- dull as dishwater ,
- enigmatical ,
- feculent ,
- filthy ,
- greenish-yellow ,
- imprecise ,
- inexplicit ,
- lusterless ,
- miry ,
- mucous ,
- murky ,
- mushy ,
- non-transparent ,
- nontranslucent ,
- not clean ,
- not clear ,
- oozy ,
- pastelike ,
- polysemous ,
- problematical ,
- sallow ,
- scurvy ,
- sedimentary ,
- semi-liquid ,
- semi-solid ,
- semiliquid ,
- semisolid ,
- sloppy ,
- sludgy ,
- slushy ,
- smoggy ,
- squalid ,
- subfuse ,
- turbid ,
- undefined ,
- unexplicit ,
- unsanitary ,
- unthorough ,
- vague ,
- verminous ,
- yecchy ,
- yukky .
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How to use "Muddy" in context?
Mud is something that is seen all around the world. It can be found near the water or on the ground. At some point, mud was probably used for different purposes. For example, mud was probably used for brick making. Mud can also be used for different sports activities. For example, mud wrestling is a sport that is done in mud.
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Homophones for Muddy:
- madia, moiety, mad, mammoth, mod, mouth, memento, menotti, mete out, mid, matte, mamet, meth, muhammad, manhunt, mote, manet, method, mediated, Mutawa, mood, manned, montia, midday, minnewit, mint, medea, month, matt, mined, minuend, md, meaty, maenad, mayday, momotidae, minutia, moneyed, mandate, mediate, mayweed, mutate, moat, maund, manta, mat, meat, mediety, monad, math, maid, meed, mount, myoid, muted, mated, myth, mohammed, maidu, manteidae, mut, manatee, manat, meadow, Mothy, moated, minded, motto, mt, momot, maimed, munda, monet, matey, mend, motet, monnet, monody, mahomet, mead, man-made, manumit, mantua, manihot, monday, minuet, matai, mahound, midi, moment, monied, moot, Mahdi, miniate, moody, mantidae, maidhood, muddied, minuit, mutt, Mohammad, matthew, middy, mott, mammut, maundy, mountie, med, mitt, mud, monod, mute, matted, monument, meade, manhood, manidae, mate, may day, meditate, mot, monte, mennonite, mode, metadata, MDI, minute, mind, mound, mentha, moth, mimidae, mite, manda, manteodea, meet, made, meted out, mande, mammutidae, Mete, mit, mantid, mounted, midway, mahout.
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