Turbid (Adjective)
Meaning
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The pond was turbid from all the rain and you couldn't see more than a few feet underwater.
- The coffee was so turbid that it looked like someone had stirred in a spoonful of mud.
- After the storm, the river was turbid and brown, full of churned-up sediment and debris.
- The wine was turbid and didn't have the usual clear, crisp color that I was expecting.
- The fish were struggling to breathe in the turbid waters of the polluted lake, where visibility was near zero.