mucky

adjective

ˈmə-kē

muckier; muckiest

Synonyms of mucky next

: consisting of, marked by, or full of mud or muck

the mucky bottom of a pond

The ground was mucky and full of stagnant puddles.—

James Alexander Thom

: covered in dirt or gunk : dirty, filthy

mucky boots

: offensive to the senses : disagreeable, unpleasant

… the pretense that the picture is about decent people caught in a mucky world …—

Stanley Kauffmann

: muggy, humid

In the early evening … a thunderstorm rolled through, cleaning out the mucky air.—

Rick Steves

: murky, clouded

… the mucky floodwaters crawled through her home.—

Dug Begley and Maggie Gordon

muckiness noun

Hardy bulbs hate soppy living conditions and will rot if left sitting in water. They'll tolerate cold far better than muckiness. —

Mary Robson

Examples of mucky in a Sentence

the ground was very mucky after a night of pouring rain only too happy to remove those old mucky clothes

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Strong calved riders pedaled thin wheeled cycles over potholed, rutted and mucky farm roads. —

Tom Mullen, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 Her seawall drops about 7 feet into a mucky gully where freshwater once flowed from a manmade reservoir known as Wixom Lake. —

Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2024 Waterproof dog throw: $34.99 Get ahead of the mess your mucky pup is bound to make while enjoying the favorable fall weather with the addition of a waterproof mat. —

Nora Colomer, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024 However, if conditions are muddy or soggy, wait until soil has a chance to dry out a little more to avoid a mucky mess and compacting your soil. —

Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mucky