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单词 muddied
释义

muddy

1 of 2

adjective

mud·​dy ˈmə-dē How to pronounce muddy (audio)
muddier; muddiest
1
: morally impure : base
2
a
: full of or covered with mud
b
: characteristic or suggestive of mud
a muddy flavor
muddy colors
c
: turbid with sediment
3
a
: lacking in clarity or brightness : cloudy, dull
a muddy recording
eyes muddy with sleep
b
: obscure in meaning : muddled, confused
muddy thinking
muddily
ˈmə-də-lē How to pronounce muddy (audio)
adverb
muddiness
ˈmə-dē-nəs How to pronounce muddy (audio)
noun

muddy

2 of 2

verb

muddied; muddying

transitive verb

1
: confuse
2
: to soil or stain with or as if with mud
3
: to make turbid
4
: to make cloudy or dull
Phrases
muddy the waters
: to make a situation more confusing or difficult

Synonyms

Adjective

  • miry
  • mucky
  • oozy
  • slimy
  • sludgy
  • slushy

Verb

  • addle
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • bemuse
  • bewilder
  • buffalo
  • confound
  • confuse
  • discombobulate
  • disorient
  • flummox
  • fox
  • fuddle
  • get
  • gravel
  • maze
  • muddle
  • mystify
  • perplex
  • pose
  • puzzle
  • vex
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Example Sentences

Adjective please do not walk in the house with muddy boots on, as you will get the carpet dirty whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers Verb The flooding muddied the roads. She muddied the color by adding some brown. muddying the line between fact and fiction The debate further muddied the issues. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Season 6 picks up in the same muddy field, with Tommy actually pulling the trigger. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 11 June 2022 Driving across a muddy field to grab a hay bale is one thing; snaking around boulders and trees on tight two-tracks through the desert and forest is something else altogether. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2022 Sturdy trees have risen from saplings planted in the ’60s, when the community was a muddy field under construction. Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022 Every day, Ukrainian investigators step into a dank cellar or muddy field or someone’s backyard and discover bodies of villagers who were shot in the head or bear signs of torture. New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 Only a week before the killings, David Mora — who took his own life after the attack — assaulted a California Highway Patrol officer after driving drunk and crashing his car in a muddy field. Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022 On the basketball court in the Spectrum Center on Monday night, the teams played the equivalent of a pitcher’s duel on a muddy Lambeau Field in a 103-99 Hornets victory. Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2022 The question of intent, however, can be muddy when the crime under investigation involves an action in which the defendant’s state of mind can be hard to establish. New York Times, 18 June 2022 The question of intent, however, can be muddy when the crime under investigation involves an action in which the defendant’s state of mind can be hard to establish. Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
Verb
Cultural voting helps explain disturbing trends that muddy the narrative that populism is just a defense of white privilege. Joan C. Williams, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2022 But the similar name is enough to muddy the waters for the public, leaving Asian carp with an identity crisis. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 July 2022 In the past, clubhouse attendants could muddy balls — a practice intended to help improve pitchers’ grip — days before they would be used in a game. Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 21 June 2022 But rather than affirming that consensus, recent developments could now fracture and muddy it, with important ramifications for all social media users. Brian Fung, CNN, 16 May 2022 In the four years since Hinman’s speech that did nothing but muddy the crypto waters, the U.S. still desperately needs clear rules of the road that embrace innovation while protecting consumers and the integrity of markets. Stu Alderoty, Fortune, 13 June 2022 The Israeli government offered to investigate the journalist's death in conjunction with Palestinian authorities, but the latter refused out of fear Israeli officials would whitewash or muddy the inquiry. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 9 June 2022 How a Supreme Court case about pig farms could muddy looming debate over out-of-state abortions Precedent:The Supreme Court has overruled itself on segregation and saluting the flag. John Fritze, USA TODAY, 14 May 2022 The complicating factor for Wednesday’s severe storms will be widespread morning convection that could muddy the forecast and impact coverage and evolution of storms later in the day. NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

muddy 1 of 2

adjective

mud·​dy ˈmə-dē How to pronounce muddy (audio)
muddier; muddiest
1
: filled or covered with mud
a muddy pond
muddy shoes
2
: looking like mud
a muddy color
3
: not clear or bright : dull
muddy skin
4
: being mixed up
muddy thinking

muddy

2 of 2

verb

muddied; muddying
1
: to cover with mud
She muddied her clothes.
2
: to make cloudy or dull (as in color)
3
: to become or cause to become confused

muddied 1 of 2

adjective

as in muddled

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • muddled
  • puddled
  • murky
  • dingy
  • inky
  • sludgy
  • hazy
  • unfiltered
  • muddy
  • opaque
  • scummy
  • turbid
  • filmy
  • roiled
  • cloudy
  • riley

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • clear
  • crystalline
  • filtered
  • purified
  • clarified
  • transparent
  • crystal clear
  • colorless
  • uncolored
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muddied

2 of 2

verb

past tense of muddy
1
as in puzzled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • puzzled
  • baffled
  • confused
  • perplexed
  • bewildered
  • muddled
  • befuddled
  • vexed
  • disoriented
  • discombobulated
  • confounded
  • disturbed
  • stunned
  • mystified
  • rattled
  • fuddled
  • embarrassed
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • bamboozled
  • addled
  • posed
  • bemused
  • graveled
  • bothered
  • befogged
  • foxed
  • unsettled
  • mazed
  • upset
  • got
  • buffaloed
  • gravelled
  • stuck
  • beat
  • distressed
  • agitated
  • blew one's mind
  • vext
  • went to one's head
  • disconcerted
  • discomfited
  • mortified
  • nonplussed
  • stumped
  • disquieted
  • perturbed
  • discomforted
  • misled
  • abashed
  • fazed
  • dismayed
  • misguided
  • unhinged
  • discountenanced
  • deceived
  • weirded out
  • deluded
  • duped
  • chagrined
  • strung along
  • tricked
  • fooled
  • discomposed
  • nonplused
  • beguiled
  • hoodwinked
  • snowed
  • gulled
  • humbugged
  • took in
  • cozened
  • hoaxed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • satisfied
  • informed
  • assured
  • reassured
  • enlightened
2
as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • confused
  • blurred
  • clouded
  • obfuscated
  • complicated
  • beclouded
  • fogged
  • disrupted
  • befogged
  • perplexed
  • muddled
  • tangled
  • sophisticated
  • jumbled
  • snarled
  • upset
  • entangled
  • disheveled
  • disarrayed
  • disarranged
  • scrambled
  • disordered
  • shuffled
  • tousled
  • disturbed
  • dishevelled
  • discomposed
  • mixed (up)
  • messed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • clarified
  • simplified
  • illuminated
  • cleared (up)
  • streamlined
  • unraveled
  • disentangled
  • analyzed
  • straightened (out)
  • undid
  • untangled
  • decoded
  • deciphered
  • broke down
  • unscrambled
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3
as in stained
to make dirty forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stained
  • dirtied
  • blackened
  • sullied
  • smudged
  • soiled
  • besmirched
  • messed
  • mired
  • grimed
  • polluted
  • begrimed
  • mucked
  • smirched
  • befouled
  • muddled
  • contaminated
  • bemired
  • daubed
  • tainted
  • fouled
  • distained
  • gaumed
  • jumbled
  • discolored
  • confused
  • defiled
  • disheveled
  • disarrayed
  • draggled
  • disarranged
  • disordered
  • dishevelled
  • collied
  • crocked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cleaned
  • cleansed
  • purified
  • purged
  • swept
  • washed
  • wiped
  • decontaminated
  • sanitized
  • scrubbed
  • rinsed
  • disinfected
  • brushed
  • brightened
  • dusted
  • mopped
  • freshened
  • scoured
  • renewed
  • laundered
  • deodorized
  • spruced (up)
  • straightened (up)
  • dry-cleaned
  • tidied (up)
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