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noun
The characteristic of being muddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being cloudy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cloudiness, murkiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opacity, opaqueness
Narrower terms: turbidity, turbidness, haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness
noun
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, disarray
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cognitive state, state of mind
Narrower terms: disorientation, distraction, daze, fog, haze, half-cock, jamais vu, bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement, perplexity
noun
the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: wateriness, sloppiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wetness
History
Etymology tree English muddy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English muddiness From muddy + -ness.
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