Synonyms for turbid
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Cloudy — smoky or misty
cloudy, muddy, hazy, foggy, misty, vaporous, feculent, roily, mirky, fumid dated
2. Murky — unclear; confused; obscure
murky, thick, obscure, unsettled, nebulous, ambiguous, equivocal, indistinct, dull, fuzzy, vague, indefinite
3. Disordered — having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)
disordered, disturbed, confused, droff dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)
He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.
- adj. 2
Smoky or misty.
- adj. 3
Unclear; confused; obscure.
Related words
- Word family
- turbidimetric turbidity turbidness turbulence turbulent
Example sentences
- cloudy I especially like cloudy skies, why? I don't know.
- misty The Misty Mountains are no place for a hobbit.
- foggy In the afternoon the weather became wet and foggy.
- hazy She felt weary and the world seemed a little hazy.
- ambiguous The main feature of this scheme is still ambiguous.
- murky Stefan dived and disappeared into the murky water.
By length
- 4 letters
- dull1, hazy2
- 5 letters
- thick1, vague1, muddy2, fuzzy2, misty2, foggy2, murky2, roily, mirky, fumid, droff
- 6 letters
- cloudy2, dreggy
- 7 letters
- obscure2
- 8 letters
- confused2, nebulous3, vaporous, feculent, lutulent
- 9 letters
- disturbed2, ambiguous4, unsettled3, equivocal4
- 10 letters
- indefinite4, indistinct3, disordered3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hazy2 = 2 syllables).