English Explanatory Dictionary

clear as mud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unclear; difficult or impossible to understand or interpret.

Pronunciation

En-au-clear as mud.ogg

Word forms

clear as mud

Etymology

Blend of clear as day + mud. Compare muddy (“unclear, blurry”).

Synonyms

muddied muddy muddled muddle-headed

Antonyms

clear as day apparent arrant undoubted glaring bait blatant clear clear as a bell clear cut conspicuous crystal clear cut and dried decided elucidate evident eyely intuitive manifest notable noticeable obvious open-and-shut ostensible palpable patent plain plain as a haystack plain as a pikestaff plain as day plain as Dunstable highway plain as porridge plain as print plain as Salisbury plain as the nose on one's face prima facie res ipsa loquitur splendent straightforward undissembled

Related words

muddy the waters
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