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Mud·dy a. [Compar. Muddier superl. Muddiest.]
1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.
This muddy vesture of decay. --Shak.
4. 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. Not clear or bright.
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]