Mucky (Adjective)
Meaning 1
(of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The farmer had to be careful not to sink into the mucky patches while fixing the fence.
- After a week of rain, the backyard had become a mucky mess that was perfect for a muddy playground.
- The early morning fog and heavy dew made the soil mucky and slippery.
- Hikers often complain about the mucky trail conditions in the early spring when melting snow turns the soil into a soggy mess.
- The horse's owner carefully led the mare around the mucky spots in the paddock to prevent her from getting stuck.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The children came in from playing outside with mucky hands and faces.
- The farmyard was mucky after the heavy rainfall, making it difficult to walk through.
- After a long hike, she took off her mucky boots and washed her feet.
- The gardener's overalls were mucky from kneeling in the damp soil all morning.
- The mucky stable needed to be cleaned out before the horses could be put back in.