Turbid

English

Adjective

Turbid (comparative more Turbid, superlative most Turbid)

1. Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind

   turbid water; turbid wine

Synonyms

• (having the lees or sediment disturbed): confused, disordered, disturbed, roiled

Derived terms

• turbidity

Related terms

• disturb
• perturb
• trouble
• turbine
• turbulence
• turbulent

Adverbs for Turbid

peculiarly; singularly; slightly; unfortunately; significantly; unpleasantly; momentarily; temporarily; definitely; particularly; noticeably; obviously.

Thesaurus

adiaphanous, amiss, askew, awry, cloudy, cockeyed, convulsed, dark, deranged, dirty, disarranged, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed, grumly, haywire, impervious to light, in disorder, intransparent, miry, misplaced, mucky, muddy, obscure, on the fritz, oozy, opaque, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, perturbed, plashy, roiled, roily, shuffled, slabby, slobby, sloppy, sloshy, sloughy, sludgy, slushy, soft, splashy, sposhy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, turbulent, unsettled, upset

Etymology

From Latin turbidus (“disturbed”) < turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).

Translations

• Italian: torbido (it)

External links

• Turbid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Turbid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Turbid at OneLook Dictionary Search