muddy

CEFRC1

/ˈmʌdi/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Covered with or containing mud.

  2. 02

    verb

    To make something unclear or less pure.

Examples

  • My feet started sticking in the muddy street. I nearly fell down.

  • The muddy road has ruined my new shoes.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.

  2. Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.

  3. Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).

More examples

In context

  • Your shoes need brushing. They are muddy.

  • Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.

  • The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the struggle between the alligator and the wild boar.

Synonyms

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After the heavy rain, the dirt road became so blank that my boots got covered in wet mud.

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Origin

adjective

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English muddi, moddy, muddy (“covered with or full of mud, muddy”), from mud, mudde (“mud; turbid water”) + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Mud, mudde is possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch modde, and/or Middle Low German modde, mudde, from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). The English word is analysable as mud + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). Doublet of muddle. The verb is derived from the adjective. cognates * Middle Low German moddich, muddich (German Low German muddig (“muddy; mouldy”))