muddyadjective
uk/ˈmʌd.i/us/ˈmʌd.i/muddy adjective (DIRTY)
B2 covered by or containing mud (= wet, sticky earth):
Don't bring those muddy boots inside!
muddy water
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Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the place idiom
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodstained
- cat
- inky
- look like something the cat brought/dragged in idiom
- mangy
- manky
- messy
- mucky
- ragged
- sordid
- squalid
- streaky
- tangle
- tarnish
- tousled
- unkempt
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muddy adjective (COLOURS)
Muddy colours are dark and not bright:
The room has been painted in muddy browns and greens.
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The qualities of colour
- a riot of colour idiom
- ablaze
- brash
- bright
- colorful
- colourful
- deep
- depth
- dusky
- flamboyant
- fluorescent
- harsh
- high-visibility
- loud
- psychedelic
- pure
- riot
- technicolor
- vivid
- warm
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muddyverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmʌd.i/us/ˈmʌd.i/to put mud (= wet, sticky earth) into something or cover something with mud:
Industrial activity has muddied the river.
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Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- clutter
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- foul
- mess
- mired
- mix
- mix sth up
- muddle
- muddle sth up
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- soil
- stain
- tarnish
- the polluter pays principle idiom
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Idiom(s)
muddy the waters