turbid

English

Etymology

From Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).

Adjective

turbid (comparative more turbid, superlative most turbid)

1. Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.

   turbid water; turbid wine

Synonyms

• (having the lees or sediment disturbed): confused, cloudy, disordered, disturbed, roiled

Derived terms

• turbidity

Related terms

• disturb
• perturb
• trouble
• turbine
• turbulence
• turbulent

Translations

having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind

• Dutch: troebel (nl)
• Irish: moirtiúil (ga)
• Italian: torbido (it)

• Maori: ehu (mi), whēranu (mi)
• Russian: мутный (ru) (mútnyj)
• Spanish: turbio (es)
• Venetian: turbio

External links

• turbid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• turbid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• turbid at OneLook Dictionary Search