muddy vs rich

muddy

adj
  • Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull. 

  • Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted. 

  • Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy. 

  • Dirty, filthy. 

  • Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid. 

  • Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste. 

  • Of an image: blurry or dim. 

  • Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled. 

  • Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”). 

  • Soiled with feces. 

  • Of light: cloudy, opaque. 

  • Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed. 

  • Not clear. 

noun
  • The edible mud crab or mangrove crab (Scylla serrata). 

verb
  • To become contaminated or impure. 

  • To make (something) impure; to contaminate. 

  • To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted. 

  • To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something). 

  • To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud. 

  • Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled. 

  • To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment. 

  • To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle. 

  • To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish. 

  • Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid. 

rich

adj
  • Not faint or delicate; vivid. 

  • Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration. 

  • Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way. 

  • Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction. 

  • Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour. 

  • Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling. 

  • Very amusing. 

  • Of a fuel-air mixture: having more fuel (thus less air) than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction. 

  • Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. 

  • Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful. 

  • Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value. 

  • Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly. 

  • Remunerative. 

noun
  • The rich people of a society or the world collectively, the rich class of a society. 

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