muddy up

verb

To make muddy; to make clear water into muddy water.

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Meanings

verbmuddy up (third-person singular simple present muddies up, present participle muddying up, simple past and past participle muddied up)

present singular third person muddies up · participle present muddying up · participle past muddied up · past muddied up

  1. To make muddy; to make clear water into muddy water.
  2. idiomatictransitiveTo confuse (an issue or situation); to obscure or obfuscate (an issue or situation).

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdirty with mud

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muddy
Broader
dirtysoilbegrime
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muddy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

muddy up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muddy%20up

MLA

“muddy up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muddy%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muddy up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muddy%20up.

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