(muddier, muddiest, muddies, ~ing, muddied)
1.
Something that is ~ contains mud or is covered in mud.
...a ~ track...
The ground was still very ~.
ADJ
2.
If you ~ something, you cause it to be ~.
The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes...
VERB: V n
3.
If someone or something muddies a situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
It’s difficult enough without ~ing the issue with religion.
VERB: V n
muddied
Overseas the legal issues are more muddied.
ADJ
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If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
They keep on ~ing the waters by raising other political issues.
PHRASE: V inflects