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Muddiness

The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

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Bafflement 76% connected

The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

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Bewilderment 76% connected

The state of being bewildered.

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Daze 76% connected

To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

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Distraction 76% connected

The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

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Fog 76% connected

A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

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Haze 76% connected

Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively…

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Haziness 76% connected

The quality or state of being hazy.

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Mistiness 76% connected

State of being misty.

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Mystification 76% connected

The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify.

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Obfuscation 76% connected

The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.

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Perplexity 76% connected

The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrass…

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Puzzlement 76% connected

The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

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Steaminess 76% connected

The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.

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Turbidity 76% connected

Turbidness.

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Turbidness 76% connected

The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.

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Vaporousness 76% connected

The quality of being vaporous.

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Opacity 76% connected

The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.

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Opaqueness 76% connected

The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity.

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Murky 74% connected

Dark; obscure; gloomy.

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Murky 74% connected

Dark; obscure; gloomy.

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Sloppy 74% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

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Sloppy 74% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

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Cloudiness 92% connected

The state of being cloudy.

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Confusedness 92% connected

A state of confusion.

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Confusion 92% connected

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

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Disarray 92% connected

To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

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Murkiness 92% connected

The state of being murky.

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Sloppiness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.

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Wateriness 92% connected

The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

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