muddy
mud|dy /m'ʌdi/ (muddier muddiest muddies muddying muddied)
1 [ADJ]
Something that is muddy contains mud or is covered in mud.
...a muddy track...
The ground was still very muddy.
2 [VERB] V n
If you muddy something, you cause it to be muddy.
The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes...
3 [VERB] V n
If someone or something muddies a situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
● muddied [ADJ]
Overseas the legal issues are more muddied.
[PHRASE] V inflects
If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
They keep on muddying the waters by raising other political issues.
1 [ADJ]
Something that is muddy contains mud or is covered in mud.
...a muddy track...
The ground was still very muddy.
2 [VERB] V n
If you muddy something, you cause it to be muddy.
The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes...
3 [VERB] V n
If someone or something muddies a situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
● muddied [ADJ]
Overseas the legal issues are more muddied.
[PHRASE] V inflects
If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
They keep on muddying the waters by raising other political issues.