mud | (noun) slanderous remarks or charges | - |
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(noun) water soaked soil; soft wet earth | Synonyms: clay |
(verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: mire, muck, muck up |
(verb) plaster with mud | - |
mudcat | (noun) large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw | Synonyms: flathead catfish, goujon, Pylodictus olivaris, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish |
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(noun) flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed | Synonyms: catfish |
mudder | (noun) a racehorse that runs well on a muddy racetrack | - |
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muddied | (adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear | Synonyms: dingy, dirty, muddy |
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muddiness | (noun) the quality of being cloudy | Synonyms: cloudiness, murkiness |
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(noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion |
(noun) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water | Synonyms: sloppiness, wateriness |
muddle | (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, smother, welter |
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(noun) informal terms for a difficult situation | Synonyms: fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, pickle |
(verb) mix up or confuse | Synonyms: addle, puddle |
(verb) make into a puddle | Synonyms: puddle |
muddled | (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking | Synonyms: addled, befuddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, woolly, wooly-minded, wooly |
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muddleheaded | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, addlepated, puddingheaded |
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muddy | (adjective) dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck | Synonyms: mucky |
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(adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear | Synonyms: dingy, dirty, muddied |
(adjective) (of liquids) clouded as with sediment | Synonyms: cloudy, mirky, murky, turbid |
(adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
(verb) make turbid | - |
(verb) cause to become muddy | - |
(verb) dirty with mud | Synonyms: muddy up |
mudguard | (noun) a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels | Synonyms: splash-guard, splash guard |
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mudhif | (noun) a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained | - |
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mudra | (noun) ritual hand movement in religion or religious dancing, particularly in Hinduism or Buddhism | - |
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mudskipper | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudspringer |
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mudslide | (noun) a landslide of mud | - |
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mudslinger | (noun) one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) | Synonyms: muckraker |
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mudspringer | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudskipper |
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mudwrestle | (verb) wrestle in mud | Synonyms: mud-wrestle |
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