MUDDY

a. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.

2.
a.

Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.

3.
a.

Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. This muddy vesture of decay. Shak.

4.
a.

Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak.

5.
a.

Not clear or bright. Swift.

6.
v.

To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.

7.
v.

Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy. Grew.


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