From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Muddy \Mud"dy\, adjective [Compar. {Muddier}; superl. {Muddiest}.]
1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.
This muddy vesture of decay. --Shak.
4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.
Cold hearts and muddy understandings. --Burke.
Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. --Shak.
5. Not clear or bright. --Swift.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Muddy \Mud"dy\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Muddied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddying}.]
1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
2. (Fig.): To cloud; to make dull or heavy; to confuse. --Grew.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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" [syn: {boggy}, {marshy}, {miry}, {mucky}, {quaggy}, {sloughy}, {swampy}]
2: dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable" [syn: {mucky}]
3: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: {dirty}, {dingy}, {muddied}]
4: (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: {cloudy}, {mirky}, {murky}, {turbid}]
verb
1: dirty with mud [syn: {muddy up}]
2: cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction"
3: make turbid; "muddy the water" [also: {muddied}, {muddiest}, {muddier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
207 Moby Thesaurus words for "muddy": achromatic, achromic, addled, amorphous, anemic, ashen, ashy, becloud, bedraggled, befog, befouled, begrime, bemire, bemud, besmirch, besmirched, besmoke, besoil, bespatter, black, bled white, blind, bloodless, blotchy, blur, blurred, boggish, boggy, cadaverous, chloranemic, chuckhole, clear as mud, cloud, cloudy, colorless, conceal, confuse, confused, dark, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, dim, dimmed, dingy, dirt, dirty, dirty up, discolored, drab, draggled, dull, dungy, dust, dusty, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, fade, faded, faint, fallow, feculent, fenny, filthy, flat, fog, foggy, foul, fouled, fuliginous, fuzz, fuzzy, ghastly, gloomy, gray, grime, grimy, grubby, grungy, haggard, hazy, hick town, hide, hueless, hypochromic, impure, indeterminate, indistinct, jerkwater town, lackluster, leaden, livid, lurid, lusterless, make uncertain, marish, marshy, mat, mealy, messy, mire, mirish, miry, misty, mix up, mixed-up, moorish, moory, muck, muck up, mucky, mud, muddle, muddled, mudhole, murky, nasty, nebulous, neutral, obscure, one-horse town, oozy, opaque, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, paludal, paludous, pasty, plashy, poachy, quaggy, quagmiry, rile, riley, roily, sallow, screen, scruffy, shadowy, shapeless, sickly, slabby, slime, slimy, slobby, sloppy, sloshy, sloughy, slovenly, sludgy, slushy, smirch, smirched, smirchy, smoke, smoky, smooch, smudge, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy, soft, soil, soiled, soily, soot, sooty, sordid, spatter, splashy, sposhy, spouty, squalid, squashy, squelchy, squishy, squushy, subdued, subfusc, swampish, swampy, tallow-faced, tarnish, toneless, transcendent, turbid, uliginous, unclean, uncleanly, unclear, uncolored, unplain, untidy, vague, wan, washed out, washed-out, waxen, weak, whey-faced, whistle-stop, white
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Muddy, IL (village, FIPS 51271) Location: 37.76497 N, 88.51676 W Population (1990): 87 (47 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Muddy, MT (CDP, FIPS 52315) Location: 45.59004 N, 106.79474 W Population (1990): 387 (124 housing units) Area: 73.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Muddy, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana Population (2000): 627 Housing Units (2000): 160 Land area (2000): 28.561963 sq. miles (73.975142 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 28.561963 sq. miles (73.975142 sq. km) FIPS code: 52315 Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30 Location: 45.599225 N, 106.739578 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Muddy, MT Muddy
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Muddy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 78 Housing Units (2000): 39 Land area (2000): 0.262714 sq. miles (0.680427 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.262714 sq. miles (0.680427 sq. km) FIPS code: 51271 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 37.764086 N, 88.514469 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Muddy, IL Muddy
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