Verb

• S: (v) muddy, muddy up (dirty with mud)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• S: (v) muddy (cause to become muddy) "These data would have muddied the prediction"
• S: (v) muddy (make turbid) "muddy the water"

Adjective

• S: (adj) boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged ((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"
• S: (adj) mucky, muddy (dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck) "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable"
• similar to
• derivationally related form
• antonym
• W: (adj) clean [Indirect via dirty] (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits) "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
• S: (adj) dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy ((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"
• S: (adj) cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid ((of liquids) clouded as with sediment) "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"