muddiness
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- noun
- /ˈmʌdiness/
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- During the spring thaw, the fields were covered in muddiness, making it difficult for farmers to work the land.
Examples
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After the heavy rain, the puddles in the park were filled with muddiness that made the area look uninviting.
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We had been looking forward to it, but I was not excited about the prospects of wetness and muddiness with the kids, so we decided not to go.
Blog text (5) -
The muddiness of the water made it impossible to see the fish swimming below the surface.
Synonyms
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Not being clean because it has mud, dust or stains
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Wet, muddy ground that is hard to walk on
Land that is very wet and muddy and hard to walk on
Wet, muddy ground that makes walking difficult
Dirt or mess that makes something dirty
Antonyms
How Muddy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Muddiness comes from the simple word mud 'wet earth' or 'dirt', plus the endings -y 'full of' and -ness 'state of'. Picture a river after a storm, full of brown earth so you cannot see the bottom, so muddiness means the state of being covered in or full of mud.