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Muddied vs Muddies - What's the difference?

muddied | muddies |

As verbs the difference between muddied and muddies

is that muddied is (muddy) while muddies is (muddy).

As an adjective muddied

is made dirty with mud.

muddied

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made dirty with mud.
  • Made unclear, obfuscated (generally as part of the phrase muddied the water)
    • He muddied the situation until they acquitted in confusion.
  • Made muted of color.
    • The addition of the second batch of paint muddied the bright colors to a dull and washed look.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (muddy)

    • muddies

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (muddy)

    • muddy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered with or full of mud or wet soil.
    • He slogged across the muddy field.
    Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.
  • With mud or other sediment brought into suspension, turbid.
    • The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the epic struggle.
  • Not clear; mixed up or blurry.
    • The picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.
  • Confused; stupid; incoherent; vague.
  • * Burke
    • cold hearts and muddy understandings
  • * Shakespeare
    • dost think I am so muddy , so unsettled
  • (euphemistic) Soiled with feces.

    • Verb

  • To get mud on (something).
    • If you muddy your shoes don't wear them inside.
  • To make a mess of, or create confusion with regard to; to muddle.
    • The discussion only muddied their understanding of the subject.
  • * 2014 , Steve Rose, " Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review", The Guardian , 1 July 2014:
    • As the humans establish tentative bonds with their evolutionary cousins, the inter-species waters start to muddy .