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turbid
[ tur-bid ]
adjective
- not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
the turbid waters near the waterfall.
- thick or dense, as smoke or clouds.
The real reason for the impenetrability of certain writing is often the turbid minds of the writers.
turbid
/ ˈtɜːbɪd /
adjective
- muddy or opaque, as a liquid clouded with a suspension of particles
- dense, thick, or cloudy
turbid fog
- in turmoil or confusion
Derived Forms
- turˈbidity, noun
- ˈturbidly, adverb
Other Words From
- tur·bid·i·ty [tur-, bid, -i-tee], tur·bid·ness noun
- tur·bid·ly adverb
- un·tur·bid adjective
- un·tur·bid·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of turbid1
Example Sentences
It’s a terrific and slightly odd moment, one that briefly jolts this mostly turbid film to life.
For those living an aquatic life, small eyes might be related to the fact that they live in turbid water.
Pettay recently analyzed its genome, and concluded that the alga is descended from a zooxanthellae native to a hot, shallow, often turbid region of the Indo-Pacific Ocean near Thailand.
The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.
His expletives were varied, vivid and inexhaustible, and the turbid stream was easily set flowing.
In all but the smaller lakelets these turbid waters lay down all their sediment before they attain the outlet of the basin.
The alcoholic solution of the tar became turbid on diluting with water.
Its waters were red and turbid; its banks well timbered, with a rich, prolific soil.
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