Make+muddy

  • 71roils — rɔɪl v. make turbid, make muddy; annoy, irritate …

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  • 72muddle — mud•dle [[t]ˈmʌd l[/t]] v. dled, dling, n. 1) to mix up in a confused or bungling manner 2) to cause to become mentally confused 3) to cause to become confused or stupid with or as if with liquor 4) to make muddy or turbid, as water 5) to mix or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 73Mud — Mud, v. t. 1. To bury in mud. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To make muddy or turbid. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 74mud — I. noun Etymology: Middle English mudde, probably from Middle Low German Date: 14th century 1. a slimy sticky mixture of solid material with a liquid and especially water; especially soft wet earth 2. abusive and malicious remarks or charges <&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 75mud — [14] The Old English word for ‘mud’ was fen, which now survives only in the sense ‘swamp’. It was replaced in the Middle English period by mud, probably a borrowing from Middle Low German mudde. This goes back ultimately to a prehistoric base&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 76ataraxia — also Anglicized as ataraxy, calmness, impassivity, c.1600, from Modern Latin, from Gk. ataraxia impassiveness, from a , privative prefix, + tarassein (Attic tarattein) to disturb, confuse, from PIE root *dher to make muddy, darken …

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  • 77drab — 1680s, color of natural, undyed cloth, from M.Fr. drap (see DRAPE (Cf. drape)). Figurative sense is c.1880. Apparently not related to earlier word meaning a dirty, untidy woman (1510s), a prostitute (1520s), which seems to be connected with Ir.&#8230; …

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  • 78dregs — c.1300 (implied in surname Dryngedregges), from O.N. dregg sediment, from P.Gmc. *drag (Cf. O.H.G. trestir, Ger. Trester grapeskins, husks ), from PIE *dher (1) to make muddy. Replaced O.E. cognate dræst, dærst dregs, lees. Figurative use is from …

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  • 79drivel — {{11}}drivel (n.) early 14c., drevel saliva, slaver, from DRIVEL (Cf. drivel) (v.). Meaning idiotic speech or writing is from 1852. {{12}}drivel (v.) O.E. dreflian to dribble or run at the nose, slobber, from P.Gmc. *drablojanan, from PIE *dher&#8230; …

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  • 80dross — dirt, dregs, O.E. dros the scum thrown off from metals in smelting, from P.Gmc. *drohs (Cf. M.Du. droes, Du. droesem, M.L.G. dros, O.H.G. truosana, Ger. Drusen dregs, husks ), from PIE dher (1) to make muddy. Meaning refuse, rubbish is mid 15c …

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