English Explanatory Dictionary

turbid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)
  2. Smoky or misty.
  3. Unclear; confused; obscure.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɜː(ɹ)bɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-turbid.wav

Word forms

turbid more turbid most turbid

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.? Latin turba Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin turbidusbor. Middle English turbide English turbid From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).

Synonyms

confused cloudy disordered disturbed droff roiled fumid hazy cloudish cloudlike cloudly foggy foglike hazed infumated mistlike misty nebulose nebulous roky smokelike smoky turbid vaporous ambiguous equivocal abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic fathomless Greek inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible ineffable inenubilable inexplicable impenetrable insensible inscrutable insoluble insolvable mysterious nonunderstandable obscure retruse tenebrose thick undecipherable undiscoverable unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unintelligible unknowable ununderstandable fuzzy generic gray

Related words

disturb perturb trouble turbine turbulence turbulent

Derived words

turbidity turbidly turbidness
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