2muddy verb
muddies; muddied; muddy·ing [+ obj] : to make (something) muddy: such as a : to cover (something) with mud
▪ His shoes were muddied. ▪ The flooding muddied the roads.
b : to make (a color) cloudy or dull
▪ She muddied the color by adding some brown.
c : to cause (something) to become unclear or confused
▪ muddying the line between fact and fiction ▪ The debate further muddied the issues.
▪ His shoes were muddied. ▪ The flooding muddied the roads.
b : to make (a color) cloudy or dull
▪ She muddied the color by adding some brown.
c : to cause (something) to become unclear or confused
▪ muddying the line between fact and fiction ▪ The debate further muddied the issues.
muddy the waters
: to make something more complicated or difficult to understand
▪ The latest study muddies the waters by suggesting an alternate explanation.
▪ The latest study muddies the waters by suggesting an alternate explanation.
