all mucky
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3.7
- adjective
- Informal
:
todo sucio
- The dog was all mucky after rolling in the wet grass and dirt.
Examples
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But it'd be all mucky, you won't be able to see.
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You're all mucky!
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When they'd tumbled onto the McMahon porch, all mucky and dripping, Mary had been so happy for the dryness that she'd said what came into her head without thinking.
Fiction book (1993) -
After playing in the mud, the kids came back home all mucky and laughing.
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His shoes were all mucky from walking through the muddy field.
Synonyms
233
1.0
Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place
183
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
73
1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
23
3.7
A liquid that is dark and cloudy because it has dirt in it
8
2.9
Soft, wet ground that is difficult to walk on
7
3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
4
1.6
Soft, wet ground that is hard to walk on
4
7.0
Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud
1
2.5
Not clean because it has mud or grease on it
1
4.8
Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard
1
7.4
Untidy and dirty, with things out of place
A thing that has mud on it, like boots or a coat after walking in wet ground
Having mud on clothes after being outside
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
Wet and soft with water that splashes when you walk on it
Very muddy, soft ground that is hard to walk on
Very dirty and messy so it needs cleaning
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'mucky' (dirty/muddy) modified by 'all' meaning completely/entirely, so the phrase straightforwardly means 'completely dirty.' This is a regular compositional pattern (degree modifier + adjective) found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
All mucky comes from the simple picture of being covered in muck; mucky means dirty and all shows it is everywhere. Imagine someone head to toe in mud — that's why all mucky means 'very dirty'.