TURBID


Meaning of TURBID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtər-bəd ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin turbidus confused, turbid, from turba confusion, crowd, probably from Greek tyrbē confusion

Date: 1626

1.

a. : thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment

a turbid stream

b. : heavy with smoke or mist

2.

a. : deficient in clarity or purity : foul , muddy

turbid depths of degradation and misery — C. I. Glicksberg

b. : characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions)

an emotionally turbid response

• tur·bid·i·ty ˌtər-ˈbi-də-tē noun

• tur·bid·ly ˈtər-bəd-lē adverb

• tur·bid·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.