MUDDINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does muddiness mean? 

• MUDDINESS (noun)
  The noun MUDDINESS has 3 senses:

1. the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water

2. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

3. the quality of being cloudy

  Familiarity information: MUDDINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUDDINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

muddiness; sloppiness; wateriness

Context example:

the sloppiness of a rainy November day

Hypernyms ("muddiness" is a kind of...):

wetness (the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))

Derivation:

muddy ((of soil) soft and watery)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

confusedness; confusion; disarray; mental confusion; muddiness

Context example:

a confusion of impressions

Hypernyms ("muddiness" is a kind of...):

cognitive state; state of mind (the state of a person's cognitive processes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muddiness"):

disorientation (confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction)

distraction (mental turmoil)

daze; fog; haze (confusion characterized by lack of clarity)

half-cock (confusion resulting from lack of preparation)

jamais vu (the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsy)

bafflement; befuddlement; bemusement; bewilderment; mystification; obfuscation; puzzlement (confusion resulting from failure to understand)

perplexity (trouble or confusion resulting from complexity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of being cloudy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

cloudiness; muddiness; murkiness

Hypernyms ("muddiness" is a kind of...):

opacity; opaqueness (the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muddiness"):

turbidity; turbidness (muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended)

haziness; mistiness; steaminess; vaporousness; vapourousness (cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor)

Derivation:

muddy ((of liquids) clouded as with sediment)

muddy ((of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear)