[tur.bid] adj [L turbidus confused, turbid, fr. turba confusion, crowd, prob. fr. Gk tyrbe confusion] (1626) 1 a: thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment "a ~ stream" b: heavy with smoke or mist
2. a: deficient in clarity or purity: foul, muddy "~ depths of degradation and misery --C. I. Glicksberg" b: characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions) "an emotionally ~ response" -- tur.bid.i.ty n -- tur.bid.ly adv -- tur.bid.ness n