Thesaurus / muddying
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synonyms for muddying
- belie
- blind
- block out
- blur
- camouflage
- cloud
- confuse
- cover
- cover up
- darken
- dim
- disguise
- eclipse
- mask
- misrepresent
- muddy
- overshadow
- shroud
- veil
- adumbrate
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- blear
- block
- cloak
- con
- equivocate
- falsify
- fog
- gray
- haze
- mist
- murk
- obfuscate
- overcast
- overcloud
- pettifog
- screen
- shade
- shadow
- stonewall
- wrap
- cloud the issue
- double-talk
- fuzz
- gloom
- muddy the waters
- throw up smoke screen
- blanch
- decrease
- dim
- diminish
- dull
- fade
- faint
- lessen
- muddy
- tarnish
- whiten
- go white
- grow dull
- lose color
- lose luster
- besmirch
- contaminate
- debase
- degrade
- muddy
- pollute
- smear
- smudge
- sully
- taint
- tar
- tarnish
- bedraggle
- befoul
- begrime
- crumb
- defile
- dirty
- discolor
- disgrace
- foul
- grime
- maculate
- mess
- muck
- muss
- shame
- spatter
- spoil
- spot
- stain
- mess up
- muck up
- muss up
- besmirch
- blight
- cloud
- corrupt
- damage
- discredit
- harm
- hurt
- infect
- muddy
- poison
- pollute
- smear
- spoil
- stain
- sully
- tar
- tarnish
- adulterate
- blacken
- blemish
- blot
- blur
- brand
- cook
- crumble
- cut
- debase
- decay
- decompose
- defile
- deprave
- discolor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disintegrate
- doctor
- foul
- putrefy
- rot
- shame
- soil
- spike
- stigmatize
- trash
- turn
- water
- break down
- cast a slur
- crud up
- give a bad name
- water down
- damage
- defame
- dim
- dull
- embarrass
- harm
- hurt
- impair
- mar
- muddy
- pollute
- smear
- spoil
- stain
- sully
- taint
- tar
- befoul
- begrime
- blacken
- blemish
- blot
- contaminate
- darken
- defile
- discolor
- disgrace
- grime
- injure
- pale
- rust
- slander
- smudge
- soil
- spot
- vitiate
- lose luster
- lose shine
- darken
- dim
- muddy
- obscure
- soften
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- blear
- blind
- daze
- dazzle
- glare
- mask
- shade
- make hazy
- make indistinct
- make vague
- adumbrate
- camouflage
- cloud
- confound
- confuse
- darken
- dim
- fog
- hide
- muddy
- mystify
- obfuscate
- obscure
- overcast
- perplex
- puzzle
- baffle
- befuddle
- bewilder
- confound
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- fuddle
- muddle
- muddy
- mystify
- perplex
- puzzle
- mix up
- blur
- cloud
- dull
- eclipse
- fade
- tarnish
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- blear
- fog
- haze
- lower
- muddy
- obfuscate
- pale
- turn down
- blacken
- smear
- smudge
- sully
- begrime
- blotch
- blur
- coat
- contaminate
- corrupt
- debase
- defile
- discolor
- encrust
- foul
- grime
- muddy
- mung
- pollute
- rot
- smoke
- smutch
- spatter
- spoil
- spot
- stain
- sweat
- taint
- tar
- tarnish
- besoil
- make dusty
- make impure
- mess up
- dim
- disappear
- dissolve
- dull
- evaporate
- vanish
- achromatize
- blanch
- bleach
- blench
- clear
- decolorize
- discolor
- etiolate
- muddy
- neutralize
- pale
- tarnish
- become colorless
- evanish
- grow dim
- lose brightness
- lose luster
- tone down
- wash out
- addle
- becloud
- bedim
- befuddle
- bewilder
- blind
- blur
- cloud
- confuse
- darken
- daze
- dim
- eclipse
- mist
- muddy
- mystify
- obfuscate
- perplex
- puzzle
- stupefy
- steam up
antonyms for muddying
MOST RELEVANT
- aid
- assist
- benefit
- bless
- clean
- cleanse
- fix
- help
- honor
- improve
- mend
- purify
- beautify
- build
- clarify
- clear
- combine
- develop
- enhance
- esteem
- flourish
- grow
- praise
- put together
- respect
- unite
- upgrade
- right
- aid
- assist
- benefit
- clean
- fix
- heal
- help
- improve
- mend
- please
- beautify
- brighten
- cure
- honor
- lighten
- praise
- purify
- whiten
- polish
- uncorrupt
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use muddying in a sentence
An immense cloud of yellow, sulphurous smoke, muddying the blue of the sky, was pouring from it.
THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS AND THE LOST LINERWILBUR LAWTONThe man immediately acted on this idea, and gave his dog lessons every day in the art of muddying boots.
ROUND-ABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FANCYFRANK RICHARD STOCKTONHe succeeded in muddying Mr. Staggs suit with his front paws, and almost cast the angry man full length into a mud puddle.
CAROLYN OF THE CORNERSRUTH BELMORE ENDICOTTI can't imagine a bunch of kids muddying up this spring and breaking the bushes and using slingshots on the birds.
HER FATHER'S DAUGHTERGENE STRATTON-PORTERKen nodded, and then looked down at his overalls that plainly showed that he had not escaped without a muddying.
DIXIE MARTINGRACE MAY NORTHThe supposition was that the clearing of the country, and consequent muddying of the streams, had destroyed them.
THE BOUNTY OF THE CHESAPEAKEJAMES WHARTON"They are muddying the water all around," Ranleigh commented.
THE CAB OF THE SLEEPING HORSEJOHN REED SCOTTThen she filled her bucket, muddying the water, and away she went in a rage.
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