ˈtərbə̇d, ˈtə̄b-, ˈtəib- adjective
Etymology: Latin turbidus confused, disordered, turbid, from turba confusion, tumult, crowd; akin to Latin turbare to throw into disorder, disturb, make turbid, Greek tyrbē confusion, tumult, Old Norse thorp crowd, thyrpask to crowd, Old High German dweran to stir, Sanskrit tvarati he hurries
1.
a. : having the lees or sediment disturbed : thick or opaque with matter in suspension : cloudy or muddy in physical appearance
near the banks the waters become turbid — Mark Van Doren
grossly turbid urine need not necessarily mean pyuria — Journal American Medical Association
many of the feldspars … are turbid owing either to minute inclusions or to partial kaolinization — Journal of Geology
b. : heavy with smoke or mist : dark , dense , thick
the air without had the turbid yellow light of sandstorms — Willa Cather
2.
a. : having an appearance held to resemble physical turbidity : characterized by being cloudy, muddy, dull, impure, or polluted : lacking in clarity or translucence
whirled onward … in that turbid stream of wrong-belief and lust — L.P.Smith
turbid depths of degradation and misery — C.I.Glicksberg
b. : confused in thought or feeling : characterized by or producing obscurity (as of thought or feeling) : mentally confused, muddled, perplexed, disturbed, or troubled : lacking in lucidity
making the imagination turbid with monstrous fancies and misshapen dreams — Oscar Wilde
turbid longings and passionate regrets — Curtis Dahl
Synonyms:
muddy , roily : turbid modifies whatever is literally or figuratively stirred up and disturbed by or as if by sediment so that it is made opaque, obscured, or confused
similar treatments, generally applied to turbid water and frequently to clear water suspected of pollution — A.C.Morrison
turbid feelings, arising from ideas not fully mastered, had to clarify and adjust themselves — H.O.Taylor
the turbid ebb and flow of human misery — Matthew Arnold
muddy suggests turbidness resulting from mixture with or suspension of mud, dross, or impurity that muddles and makes unclear or impure
the pond was muddy after the storm
the muddy and slow-moving plot has something to do with spying and counterspying — Anthony Boucher
roily describes what is turbid and agitated and swirling
where the roily Monongahela meets the clear Allegheny — J.M.Weed