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muddying

/ˈmʌdiɪŋ/

muddyingnoun

muddyings

Translations

embrouillageAu sens figuré : action de rendre une information moins claire.

The constant muddying of the facts made it difficult for the jury to reach a verdict.

L'embrouillage constant des faits a rendu difficile la décision du jury.

Additional translations

salissementAu sens concret : action de salir ou de couvrir de boue.

Definitions

The act or process of making something unclear or confusing.

The constant muddying of the facts made it difficult for the jury to reach a verdict.

The act of making something dirty or covered with mud.

The muddying of the riverbank was evident after the heavy rains.

Synonyms

muddyinggerund / present participle

/ˈmʌd.i.ɪŋ/

Used attributively or predicatively to describe something that makes another thing muddy or confusing.

Translations

brouillantAu sens figuré : qui rend moins clair ou plus confus.

The committee rejected the report for its muddying language.

Le comité a rejeté le rapport pour son langage brouillant.

Additional translations

salissantAu sens concret : qui salit ou ternit.

Definitions

Making something dirtier or more confusing; causing a loss of clarity or cleanliness.

The committee rejected the report for its muddying language.

Synonyms

muddyverb

muddying

Gerund

muddied

Past Simple

muddied

Past Participle

muddying

Gerund

/ˈmʌdi/

Translations

barbouiller de boueFamilier ; rendre sale avec de la boue.

The children muddy their shoes while playing in the park.

Les enfants barbouillent leurs chaussures de boue en jouant dans le parc.

embrouillerAu sens figuré : rendre moins clair, brouiller.

The new evidence served to muddy the waters of the investigation.

Les nouvelles preuves ont servi à embrouiller l'enquête.

Additional translations

se troublerPour un cours d'eau ou un liquide : devenir trouble.

Definitions

To make something dirty or covered with mud.

The children muddy their shoes while playing in the park.

To make something unclear or confusing.

The new evidence served to muddy the waters of the investigation.

To become muddy, turbid, or clouded.

The river muddied rapidly after the heavy rain.

Synonyms

muddyadjective

Definitions

Covered with or full of mud.

The children came back from the park with muddy shoes.

Not clear or bright; dull or cloudy in appearance.

The water in the pond looked muddy after the rainstorm.

Confused or unclear in meaning or expression.

The instructions were so muddy that no one could understand them.