muddy

[ˈmʌdi]adjective

Dirty with wet soil, or containing a lot of it.

Example sentences

“Leave your muddy boots by the door before you come in.”
“The heavy rain turned the hiking trail into a muddy mess.”

The verb earns its keep in the idiom 'muddy the waters', to make an issue less clear.

Synonyms for muddy

Antonyms

clean

Related words

streamA narrow flow of water moving across the land, smaller than a river.chillyUnpleasantly cold, in a way that makes you uncomfortable.canyonA deep, narrow valley with steep sides, carved through rock by a river.foggyCovered in fog, or hazy and hard to see or think through clearly.prairieA vast, mostly treeless plain covered in grass, particularly the flatlands of North America.blossomTo produce flowers or come into bloom.