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Turbid definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TUR'BID, a. [L. turbidus, from turbo, to disturb,that is, to stir, to turn.] Properly, having the lees disturbed; but in a more general sense, muddy; foul with extraneous matter; thick; not clear; used of liquids of any kind; as turbid water; turbid wine. Streams running on clay generally appear to be turbid. This is often the case with the river Seine.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin turbidus confused, turbid, from turba confusion, crowd, probably from Greek tyrb? confusion Date: 1626 1. a. thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment <a turbid stream> b. heavy with smoke or mist 2. a. deficient in clarity or purity ; foul, muddy <turbid depths of degradation and misery — C. I. Glicksberg> b. characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions) <an emotionally turbid response> • turbidity noun • turbidly adverb • turbidness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a liquid or colour) muddy, thick; not clear. 2 (of a style etc.) confused, disordered. Derivatives: turbidity n. turbidly adv. turbidness n. Etymology: L turbidus f. turba a crowd, a disturbance

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Turbid Tur"bid, a. [L. turbidus, from turba tumult, disturbance, akin to turbare to disturb. See Trouble, and cf. Disturb, Perturb.] 1. Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine. On that strong, turbid water, a small boat, Guided by one weak hand, was seen to float. --Whittier. 2. Disturbed; confused; disordered. `` Such turbid intervals that use to attend close prisoners.'' --Howell.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Roiled, roily, unsettled, feculent, muddy, thick, cloudy, foul.

Moby Thesaurus

adiaphanous, amiss, askew, awry, cloudy, cockeyed, convulsed, dark, deranged, dirty, disarranged, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed, grumly, haywire, impervious to light, in disorder, intransparent, miry, misplaced, mucky, muddy, obscure, on the fritz, oozy, opaque, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, perturbed, plashy, roiled, roily, shuffled, slabby, slobby, sloppy, sloshy, sloughy, sludgy, slushy, soft, splashy, sposhy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, turbulent, unsettled, upset