mucky

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/ˈmʌki/

adjective

Covered in muck.

“a mucky magazine”

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dirtyadultfilthymuddyblueX-ratedpornographicboggy
OriginEnglish muck ← Middle English muk →
UncommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectivemucky (comparative muckier, superlative muckiest)

comparative muckier · superlative muckiest

  1. colloquialCovered in muck.

    Tell them if you want a mucky oven cleaned before the visit as special steam-cleaning equipment may be needed.

    1991, Ideal Home, South Bank Publishing Group

    Synonyms: dirty

  2. colloquialObscene, pornographic.

    a mucky magazine

    1 more example

    The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top.

    1992, The Daily Mirror, Mirror Group Newspapers

    Synonyms: adult

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCovered in muck.

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dirty

adjectiveObscene, pornographic.

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adult
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filthymuddyblueX-ratedpornographic

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(of soil) soft and watery

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boggymarshymirymuddyquaggysloppysloughysoggysquashyswampywaterloggedwet

adjectivedirty and messy; covered with mud or muck

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muddydirtysoiledunclean
Also see
boggycruddyharlotimpureithyphallicmarshymirymuddynaughtyobscenepornographicquaggysloppysloughysoggysquashyswampywaterloggedx-rated

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmuk
  2. Englishmuck
  3. Englishmucky

From muck + -y.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian мръсен, оцапан
  • мръсен (mrăsen)covered in muck
  • оцапан (ocapan)covered in muck
  • неприличен (nepriličen)obscene
  • циничен (ciničen)obscene
Dutch smoezelig
  • smoezeligcovered in muck
German dreckig, schmutzig
  • dreckigcovered in muck
  • schmutzigcovered in muck
  • schmuddeligobscene

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mucky

KentuckyluckyunluckybuckyduckyyuckypluckybakkiebruckybullpuckycluckyKentucky Colonelpuckytruckietrucky
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Cite this entry
APA

mucky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucky

MLA

“mucky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucky. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mucky,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucky.

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