adj.
Pronunciation: ' t ə r-b ə d
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin turbidus confused, turbid, from turba confusion, crowd, probably from Greek tyrb ē 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 \ ˌ t ə r- ' bi-d ə -t ē \ noun
– tur · bid · ly \ ' t ə r-b ə d-l ē \ adverb
– tur · bid · ness noun