Meaning & Definition of Muddy in English

1. Dirty with mud

2. Cause to become muddy

• "These data would have muddied the prediction"

3. Make turbid

• "Muddy the water"

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"

2. Dirty and messy

• Covered with mud or muck

• "Muddy boots"

• "A mucky stable"

3. (of color) discolored by impurities

• Not bright and clear

• "Dirty" is often used in combination

• "A dirty (or dingy) white"

• "The muddied grey of the sea"

• "Muddy colors"

• "Dirty-green walls"

• "Dirty-blonde hair"

4. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

• "A cloudy liquid"

• "Muddy coffee"

• "Murky waters"