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Muddy

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

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Similar meaning 12

Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Impure 84% connected

Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterat…

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Impure 84% connected

Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterat…

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Opaque 84% connected

Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.

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Opaque 84% connected

Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.

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Soiled 84% connected

of Soil

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Soiled 84% connected

of Soil

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Unclean 84% connected

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Unclean 84% connected

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Wet 84% connected

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…

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Wet 84% connected

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…

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Broader term 13

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Begrime 76% connected

To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.

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Bemire 76% connected

To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

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Blur 76% connected

To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Colly 76% connected

The black grime or soot of coal.

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Confuse 76% connected

Mixed; confounded.

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Dirty 76% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Grime 76% connected

Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Obnubilate 76% connected

To cloud; to obscure.

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Obscure 76% connected

Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.

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Soil 76% connected

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

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Clay 74% connected

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down an…

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Clay 74% connected

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down an…

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Murkiness 74% connected

The state of being murky.

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Murkiness 74% connected

The state of being murky.

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Wateriness 74% connected

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

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Wateriness 74% connected

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

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Synonym 17

Boggy 92% connected

Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.

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Cloudy 92% connected

Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

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Dingy 92% connected

Alt. of Dinghy

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Dirty 92% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Marshy 92% connected

Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.

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Mirky 92% connected

Dark; gloomy. See Murky.

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Miry 92% connected

Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road.

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Mucky 92% connected

Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road.

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Muddied 92% connected

of Muddy

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Murky 92% connected

Dark; obscure; gloomy.

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Quaggy 92% connected

Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.

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Sloppy 92% 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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Sloughy 92% connected

Full of sloughs, miry.

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Soggy 92% connected

Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

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Squashy 92% connected

Easily squashed; soft.

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Swampy 92% connected

Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.

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Turbid 92% connected

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.

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