Synonyms of muddy
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Another word for muddy is clatchy. Other synonyms of muddy are oozy, faint, wan, bland and colourless.
Synonyms and similar words for muddy
adjectiveCovered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
adjectiveOf a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- faintBarely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
- wanDim, faint.
- blandLacking interest; boring; dull.
- colourlessHaving little or no colour.
- dim
- dingyDark, dull.
- dullNot shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- lacklusterHaving no shine or luster; dull.
- leadenResembling the color of lead, metallic or dark gray; (of daylight) dim, overcast.
- sad figurativelyOf colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
- soberDull; not bright or colorful.
- uncolorfulNot colorful; dull or colorless.
- unholidayGrim or drab; the antithesis of festive.
adjectiveOf speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also...
- muddledConfused, disorganised, in disarray.
adjectiveSlightly drunk; tipsy.
- fuddled
- Adrian Quist AustraliaPissed (drunk).
- adrip US
- aled upDrunk.
- all mops and broomsIntoxicated; drunk.
- arseholedDrunk.
- a sheet in the windDrunk.
- a sheet in the wind's eyeDrunk.
- bedrunkenDrunken, drunk.
- befuddled
- beliquoredDrunken.
- besotted
- besotten
- bevviedDrunk.
- bibaciousAddicted to drinking alcohol; alcoholic.
- bibulous
- binned
- bingoedDrunk.
- bladdered
- blasted
- blewedDrunk.
- blind
- blind drunk
- blitzedDrunk; wasted.
- blocked Ireland
- blooteredDrunk.
- blottoedBlotto; drunk.
- blue
- bollocksed
- bombedIntoxicated; drunk or high.
- boozy
- bosky
- bottled
- Brahms slangPissed, drunk.
- Brahms and Liszt slangPissed, drunk.
- budgyDrunk.
- bungalowed
- burlin' dialectalDrunk, intoxicated.
- canned
- clobbered USDrunk.
- corned
- cocked
- cockeyed
- crapulous
- crocked
- cunted
- cut
- dead drunkDrunk to the point of unconsciousness.
- destroyed
- disguised
- drunk
- drunk as a piperThoroughly drunk.
- drunked upDrunk.
- drunken
- ebriatedInebriated; drunk.
- ebrioseInebriated; drunk.
- elephant's slangDrunk (intoxicated with alcohol).
- elephant's trunk slang
- elevated
- faced
- fershnickeredIntoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
- floored
- flush
- flushedRed in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
- flustered
- fluted Ireland
- fluthered IrelandVery drunk.
- feeling no pain euphemisticDrunk.
- fou ScotlandDrunk.
- four sheets in the windDrunk.
- fresh
- fried
- frosted
- fuckered up
- fuckfaced
- full Australia
- fuzzy-headed
- fuzzy-mindedSynonym of fuzzy-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.
- gassed
- gatteredDrunk.
- gee-eyed Ireland, slangVery drunk.
- gesuipDrunk.
- gishedDrunk.
- groggy
- half polluted IrelandDrunk.
- half cutRather drunk.
- half litDrunk.
- half seas over slangSlightly drunk, or, possibly in meiosis, very drunk.
- hammered
- have drink takenTo be (extremely) drunk.
- have the sun in one's eyes
- hazed Australia
- high as a Georgia pine
- high as a kiteVery much under the influence of drugs; extremely high.
- hog-whimperingExtremely drunk, to the point of incoherence.
- honkersDrunk.
- hooched upDrunk.
- hootedDrunk.
- hoovered
- hosed
- impaired
- in liquorIntoxicated with alcohol.
- in one's cupsDrunk; in the act of consuming alcohol liberally.
- in the bag
Meaning of muddy
- adjective Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- adjective Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- adjective Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
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