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Word of the day
for
December 4
muddy
adj
Covered
or
splashed
with, or
full
of,
mud
(
“
wet
soil
”
)
.
Of
water
or some other
liquid
:
containing
mud or
(
by extension
)
other
sediment
in
suspension
;
cloudy
,
turbid
.
Of or relating to mud; also,
having
the
characteristics
of mud, especially in
colour
or
taste
.
(
euphemistic
)
Soiled
with
feces
.
(
archaic
)
Of an
animal
or
plant
:
growing
or
living
in mud.
(
figuratively
)
Dirty
,
filthy
.
Not
clear
.
Of a colour: not
bright
:
dirty
,
dull
.
Of an
image
:
blurry
or
dim
.
Of
light
: cloudy,
opaque
.
Of
sound
(especially during
performance
,
recording
, or
playback
):
indistinct
,
muffled
.
Of
speech
,
thinking
, or
writing
:
ambiguous
or
vague
; or
confused
,
incoherent
, or
mixed-up
; also,
poorly
expressed
.
(
chiefly
literary
,
poetic
)
Of the
air
: not
fresh
;
impure
,
polluted
.
Originally,
morally
or
religiously
wrong
;
corrupt
,
sinful
; now, morally or
legally
dubious
;
shady
,
sketchy
.
(
archaic
)
Of a
person
or their
facial
expression
:
angry
,
sad
, or
sulky
.
(
obsolete
)
Slightly
drunk
;
tipsy
. [...]
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