MUDDINESS

cloudiness, murkiness, muddiness

(noun) the quality of being cloudy

confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray

(noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; “a confusion of impressions”

wateriness, muddiness, sloppiness

(noun) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; “the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield”; “the water’s muddiness made it undrinkable”; “the sloppiness of a rainy November day”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

muddiness (usually uncountable, plural muddinesses)

The characteristic of being muddy.

Source: Wiktionary


Mud"di*ness, n.

1. The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness casued by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

2. Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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