adj. 25B6; adjective
muddy ground : WATERLOGGED, boggy, marshy, swampy, squelchy, squishy, mucky, slimy, spongy, wet, soft, heavy; archaic quaggy.
muddy boots : MUD-CAKED, muddied, dirty, filthy, mucky, grimy, soiled; poetic/literary begrimed.
muddy water : MURKY, cloudy, muddied, turbid; N. Amer. riled, roily.
a muddy pink : DINGY, dirty, drab, dull, sludgy.
clean, clear.
25B6; verb
don't muddy your boots : MAKE MUDDY, dirty, soil, spatter, bespatter; poetic/literary besmirch, begrime.
these results muddy the situation : MAKE UNCLEAR, obscure, confuse, obfuscate, blur, cloud, befog.
clarify.