Turbid
adjective
Not clear, muddy or containing a lot of things that do not belong, particularly in a liquid.
The floodwaters became turbid after the heavy rains.
Often appears as...
- turbid water
- turbid mixture
adjective
Confused or unclear in the mind or thoughts.
His turbid thoughts made it difficult for him to articulate his feelings.
Often appears as...
- turbid thoughts
- turbid emotions
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Not clear, muddy or containing a lot of things that do not belong, particularly in a liquid.
The floodwaters became turbid after the heavy rains.
Often appears as...
- turbid water
- turbid mixture
adjective
Confused or unclear in the mind or thoughts.
His turbid thoughts made it difficult for him to articulate his feelings.
Often appears as...
- turbid thoughts
- turbid emotions
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual imagery
Picture 'turbid' as murky water, it helps remember its meaning.
After stirring the pond’s bottom, the water looked turbid.
Pro Tip 2/3Implies contamination
'Turbid' often suggests impurity, making something less clean or more complex.
The factory's waste turned the river into a turbid flow.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical description
Use 'turbid' to describe physical states where particles prevent clarity.
She couldn’t see the fish in the turbid aquarium.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual imagery
Picture 'turbid' as murky water, it helps remember its meaning.
After stirring the pond’s bottom, the water looked turbid.
Pro Tip 2/3Implies contamination
'Turbid' often suggests impurity, making something less clean or more complex.
The factory's waste turned the river into a turbid flow.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical description
Use 'turbid' to describe physical states where particles prevent clarity.
She couldn’t see the fish in the turbid aquarium.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual imagery
Picture 'turbid' as murky water, it helps remember its meaning.
After stirring the pond’s bottom, the water looked turbid.
Pro Tip 2/3Implies contamination
'Turbid' often suggests impurity, making something less clean or more complex.
The factory's waste turned the river into a turbid flow.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical description
Use 'turbid' to describe physical states where particles prevent clarity.
She couldn’t see the fish in the turbid aquarium.
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Video examples
What Could Trigger a...
You don't get the bluer waters till you move offshore. These turbid waters are probably driven by the actual sediments coming off the land and out of these river systems. Now, the interesting thing about these river systems
Video examples
Aquatic Animals Take To...
to travel across the beach to reach the water the astronomical numbers of their eggs turn the clear ocean water into a black turbid soup
Video examples
What Could Trigger a...
You don't get the bluer waters till you move offshore. These turbid waters are probably driven by the actual sediments coming off the land and out of these river systems. Now, the interesting thing about these river systems
Video examples
Aquatic Animals Take To...
to travel across the beach to reach the water the astronomical numbers of their eggs turn the clear ocean water into a black turbid soup
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
Mediaeval mythology, rich and gorgeous, is a compound like Corinthian brass, into which many pure ores have been fused, or it is a full turbid river drawn from numerous feeders, which had their sources in remote climes.
Quote examples
Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.
Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
Mediaeval mythology, rich and gorgeous, is a compound like Corinthian brass, into which many pure ores have been fused, or it is a full turbid river drawn from numerous feeders, which had their sources in remote climes.
Quote examples
Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.
Example 1 of 2
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