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turbid

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɜː(ɹ)bɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • turbid water
  • turbid wine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confused, cloudy, disordered, disturbed, droff, roiled

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Smoky or misty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fumid, hazy, cloudish, cloudlike, cloudly, cloudy, foggy, foglike, hazed, infumated, mistlike, misty, nebulose, nebulous, roky, smokelike, smoky, turbid, vaporous

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Unclear; confused; obscure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal, abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inenubilable, inexplicable, impenetrable, insensible, inscrutable, insoluble, insolvable, mysterious, nonunderstandable, obscure, retruse, tenebrose, thick, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable, ununderstandable, fuzzy, generic, gray, imperspicuous, imprecise, indeterminate, indefinite, indistinct, murky, nebulous, turbid, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undefinable, vague, woolly

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

(of liquids) clouded as with sediment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a cloudy liquid
  • muddy coffee
  • murky waters

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.? Latin turba Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin turbidusbor. Middle English turbide English turbid From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: bulanıq — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Bulgarian: размътен (razmǎten) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Catalan: tèrbol — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Chinese Cantonese: 混濁 /混浊 (wan6 zuk6) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Chinese Cantonese: 渾濁 /浑浊 (wan6 zuk6) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 混濁 /混浊 (hùnzhuó) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 渾濁 /浑浊 (húnzhuó) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Chuvash: пӑтранчӑк (pătranč̬ăk) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Czech: zakalený — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Czech: kalný — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Dutch: troebel — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Finnish: samea — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • French: turbide — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • French: trouble — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Gagauz: bulanık — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Georgian: მღვრიე (mɣvrie) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Georgian: ამღვრეული (amɣvreuli) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • German: trüb — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Greek: θολός (tholós) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Ancient Greek: θολερός (tholerós) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Hebrew: עָכוּר (akhúr) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Hungarian: zavaros — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Indonesian: keruh — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Irish: modartha — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Irish: moirtiúil — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Irish: tiubh — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Italian: torbido — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Kapampangan: malabug — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Khmer: ខ្វល់ (kvɑl) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Komi-Zyrian: гудыр (gudyr) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Latin: turbidus — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Māori: ehu — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Māori: whēranu — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Māori: kōparu — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Māori: kōruhi — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Māori: haranu — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Eastern Mari: румбыкан (rumbykan) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Western Mari: ӹрвӹнзӹкӓн (ÿrvÿnzÿkän) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Occitan: trebol — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Polish: mętny — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Polish: mętna — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Polish: mętne — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Portuguese: turvo — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Quechua: putka — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Romanian: tulbure — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Russian: му́тный (mútnyj) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Russian: му́тная (mútnaja) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Russian: му́тное (mútnoje) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Spanish: turbio — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Spanish: túrbido — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Sundanese: lecek — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Thai: ขุ่น (kùn) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Turkish: bulanık — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Udmurt: пож (pož) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Ukrainian: му́тний (mútnyj) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Ukrainian: каламу́тний (kalamútnyj) — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear
  • Venetan: turbio — having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear