muddier; muddiest
1
: morally impure : base
2
a
: full of or covered with mud
b
: characteristic or suggestive of mud
a muddy flavor
muddy colors
c
: turbid with sediment
muddied; muddying
1
: confuse
2
: to soil or stain with or as if with mud
3
: to make turbid
4
: to make cloudy or dull
Examples of muddy in a Sentence
Adjective
please do not walk in the house with muddy boots on, as you will get the carpet dirty
whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers
Verb
The flooding muddied the roads.
She muddied the color by adding some brown.
muddying the line between fact and fiction
The debate further muddied the issues.
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Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
She’s worn her pair over muddy trails, through waterfalls, and more.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 24 Apr. 2025
Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
And now that the industry has muddied the definition of QLED, some are calling for a cohesive agreement on what a QD TV really is.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The two groups meet on a muddy basketball court, and fight.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
She’s worn her pair over muddy trails, through waterfalls, and more.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
Those waters were muddied last year when the U.S. Supreme Court rendered an opinion in favor of the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, James Snyder, who challenged his case by arguing the anti-corruption law under which he was convicted is vague.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
And now that the industry has muddied the definition of QLED, some are calling for a cohesive agreement on what a QD TV really is.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Muddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muddy. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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muddy
2 of 2 verb
muddied; muddying
1
: to soil or stain with or as if with mud
2
: to make cloudy or dull
3
: to become or cause to become confused
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