Turbid

//ˈtɜː(ɹ)bɪd//

Synonyms for "turbid" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

opaque adiaphanous amiss askew awry cloudy cockeyed confused convulsed dark deranged dirty disarranged discomfited discomposed disconcerted dislocated disordered

Adjective(9 words)

cloudy abstruse ambiguous chinese cloudish cloudlike cloudly confused dense

Adjective(1 words)

cloudy

Strong matches (41)

Related words (69)

lutulent miry misplaced mucky muddy obscure on the fritz oozy out of gear out of joint out of kelter out of kilter out of order out of place out of tune out of whack perturbed plashy roiled roily

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shuffled slabby slobby sloppy sloshy sloughy sludgy slushy soft splashy sposhy squashy squelchy squishy turbulent unsettled upset

Adjective(29 words)

lutulent mistlike misty mysterious nebulose nebulous nonunderstandable obscure retruse roiled roky smokelike smoky thick uncertain unclear undecipherable undefinable undefined undiscoverable

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unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unintelligible unknowable ununderstandable vague vaporous woolly

Adjective(3 words)

mirky muddy murky

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

confused

Related terms

6 entries

disturb perturb trouble turbine turbulence turbulent

derived

3 entries

turbidity turbidly turbidness

related to

16 entries

clear confused disturb disturbed lees liquid misty obscure perturb sediment smoky trouble turbine turbulence turbulent unclear

similar

2 entries

opaque

Translations

57 translations across 40 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

θολερός adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

bulanıq adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Bulgarian

1 entries

размътен adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Catalan

1 entries

tèrbol adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

混濁 /混浊 adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
渾濁 /浑浊 adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

混濁 /混浊 adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
渾濁 /浑浊 adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Chuvash

1 entries

пӑтранчӑк adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Czech

2 entries

kalný adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
zakalený adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Dutch

1 entries

troebel adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

румбыкан adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Finnish

1 entries

samea adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

French

2 entries

trouble adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
turbide adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Gagauz

1 entries

bulanık adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Georgian

2 entries

ამღვრეული adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
მღვრიე adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

German

1 entries

trüb adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Greek

1 entries

θολός adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Hebrew

1 entries

עָכוּר adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Hungarian

1 entries

zavaros adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Indonesian

1 entries

keruh adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Irish

3 entries

modartha adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
moirtiúil adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
tiubh adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Italian

1 entries

torbido adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Kapampangan

1 entries

malabug adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Khmer

1 entries

ខ្វល់ adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries

гудыр adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Latin

1 entries

turbidus adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Māori

4 entries

ehu adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
haranu adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
kōparu adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
kōruhi adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Occitan

1 entries

trebol adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Polish

3 entries

mętna adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
mętne adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
mętny adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Portuguese

1 entries

turvo adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Quechua

1 entries

putka adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Romanian

1 entries

tulbure adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Russian

3 entries

му́тная adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
му́тное adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
му́тный adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Spanish

2 entries

turbio adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
túrbido adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Sundanese

1 entries

lecek adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Thai

1 entries

ขุ่น adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Turkish

1 entries

bulanık adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Udmurt

1 entries

пож adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Ukrainian

2 entries

каламу́тний adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)
му́тний adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Venetan

1 entries

turbio adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Western Mari

1 entries

ӹрвӹнзӹкӓн adj (having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I may not therefore, dear reader, tell you whether this pleasant abode be washed by the waves of the Atlantic or by the turbid current of the Mississippi; whether it be fanned by the flower-laden zephyrs of the South, or by the health-inspiring breezes of the North.

Source: tatoeba (11626258)

The pond’s turbid water hid the lurking fish.

Source: tatoeba (12241352)

turbid water

Source: wiktionary

turbid wine

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