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Definition: Turbid |
TurbidAdjective1. (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "turbid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Turbid \Tur"bid\, adjective. [Latin expression turbidus, from turba tumult, disturbance, akin to turbare to disturb. See Trouble, and compare to Disturb, Perturb.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Term applied to wine which is not clear because of the presence of large amounts of colloidal material or suspended particles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Stirred up or disturbed, such as by sediment; not clear or translucent, being opaque with suspended matter, such as of a sediment-laden stream flowing into a lake; cloudy or muddy in physical appearance, such as of afeldspar containing minute inclusions. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TurbidSynonyms: cloudy (adj), mirky (adj), muddy (adj), murky (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncleanness | Adjective: dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impure; soiled; Verb: not to be handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy, smutty, sooty, smoky; thick, turbid, dreggy; slimy; mussy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Turbid |
| English words defined with "turbid": Drovy, Drumly ♦ Inturbidate ♦ Lutulent ♦ muddy ♦ rile, roil ♦ Turbidly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "turbid": Bridge ♦ Canal ♦ turbidity size analysis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "turbid": Perturb ♦ turbulent. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Landor | Clear writers, like clear fountains, do not seem so deep as they are; the turbid seem the most profound. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Turbid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Turbid" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 36 | 57,479 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "turbid": make turbid ♦ turbid fog ♦ turbid liquid ♦ turbid water. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
turbid | 3 |
latex ra turbid | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "turbid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i turbullt (blank, cloudy, dim, dimmish, dreamy, dull, dusky, feculent, foggy, indistinct, lax, misty, muddy, obscure, shadowy, thick, turbulent, vague, woozy), i trazuar (agog, boisterous, distempered, disturbed, flurried, haywire, lumpy, mixed, on edge, rough, troubled, troublous, tumultuous, turbulent, vexed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كثيف (bushy, concentrated, dense, heavy, intense, intensive, thick, thickish, thickset, tufty), كدر (annoy, annoyance, cloudiness, distress, disturb, embitter, make turbid, muddiness, muddle, muddy, offend, roil, ruffle, spoil, trouble, turbidity, unsettle), معكر (muddy, quaggy), عكر (derange, disturb, muddle, muddy, roil, trouble, turbidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | размътен (addled, roily), разбъркан (deranged, farraginous, higgledy-piggledy, hugger mugger, jumbled, mixing up, out of order, pell mell, perturbed, promiscuous, tumultuary, untidy), гъст (bushy, dense, double, full-bodied, gross, heavy, impenetrable, rich, stiff, stringy, thick, viscous), объркан (addle-brained, bushed, confused, deranged, disconcerted, distraught, embarrassed, foggy, graven, haywire, helter-skelter, intricate, involute, lost, mazy, mixed, mixed up, muddle-headed, muddy, muzzy, obscure, perplexed, punch-drunk, puzzle-headed, puzzle-pated, raddle, tangly, undigested, unglued, woolly), нечист (dirty, drossy, foul, impure, slatternly, unclean, uncleanly, unwashed), мътен (cloudy, dim, dreggy, feculent, fishy, muddy, roily, sludgy, thick, unclear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 沌 (confused), 淟 (muddy), 混浊. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zmatený (addle-brained, addle-pated, bemused, bewildered, chaotic, confused, disordered, embroiled, in confusion, mazy, mixed, muddy, screwed up), kalný (bleary, cloudy, dim, dull, murky, thick), hustý (bushy, close, close-grained, compact, dense, heavy, thick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | uklar (cloudiness, cloudy, dull, foul), grumset (cloudy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | troebel (indistinct, muddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مه الود (Caliginous), کدر (Glum, Opaque), گل الود (Muddy, Shod, Thick), تیره (Black, Caliginous, Dark, Gloomy, Heavy, Ilk, Indistinct, Lurid, Muddy, Murky, Nebulous, Obscure, Overcast, Thick), درهم وبرهم (Desultory, Imbroglio, Sloppy, Unorganized, Untidy, Woebegone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | samea (cloudy, obscure, thick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | turpide, trouble (turmoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | trübe (bleak, blear, blearly, bleary, cheerless, cloudy, dark, dim, dimly, dismal, drab, dreary, dull, filmy, gloomy, grey, grim, indistinct, lackluster, lacklustre, misty, muddy, murky, somberly), trüb (bleak, bleary, cheerless, cloudy, dim, drab, dull, filmy, fishy, gloomy, grey, grim, lackluster, lacklustre, misty, muddily, muddy, murky, somber, somberly, sombre, turbidly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θολός (blurred, clouded, dim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מרופש (fouled, miry, muddy, slushy, splashy), עכור (bemired, foul, gloomy, muddy, slushy), "לוח (befouling, dirty, filthy, foul, muddy, polluted, pollution), סמיך (clogged, dense, thick), רפש (befouled, miry, muddy, slushy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | iszapos (dirty, muddy, oozy, silty, slimy, slobby, sloppy, sludgy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keruh (clouded, feculence, feculent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | torbido (cloudy, dark, indeterminate, muddy, opaque, sketchy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 混濁した (cloudy, muddy, thick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "" くした (cloudy, muddy, thick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 혼탁한. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | chiu (blubber, heavy, intense; foggy, stout, strong, strong as solution, thick, thick-set, thick-set of hedge, whipped, whipped as cream). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urbidtay turvo (blear, dim, dimmish, dreggy, feculent, foul, milky, muddy, roily, thick, troubled). (various references) tulbure (cloudy, dim, feculent, filmy, muddy, thick, troubled, unquiet, unsettled, vaguely), tulburat (anxious, confused, crazy, dim, distempered, distracted, excited, keyed, ruffled, stormy, uneasy, worried), confuz (abashed, addle, bewildered, blurred, chaotic, confused, crabbed, dim, embarrassed, faint, gloomily, hazy, hugger mugger, misty, muddy, muzzy, nebulous, stodgy, vague, washy, wrongheaded), complicat (complicated, daedal, deep, difficult, elaborate, intricate, intricately, obscure, perplex, perplexed, tangled, tricky). (various references) мутный (cloudy, dreggy, feculent, roily, thick). (various references) mutan (bleary, dim, dingy, feculent, lacklustre, mat, matted, muddy, roily, thick, troubled). (various references) turbio (cloudy, dim, dimly, mirk, muddy, murk, murky, roily, shady, thick, troubled, underhand), túrbido. (various references) grumlig (confused, feculent, muddled, muddy, obscure, roily), rörig (confused, higgledy-piggledy, indiscriminate, jumbly, messy, muddled, topsy turvy). (various references) tortulu (crusted, fecal, feculent, ground, sedimentary), yoğun (busy, compact, concentrated, crash, dense, gross, hectic, intense, intensive, peasoupy, rich, rush hour, stiff, thick), karışık (adulterated, blended, calico, chequered, combined, complicated, composite, compound, confused, deep, disconcerted, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hybrid, inexplicit, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, kinky, knotted, knotty, mazy, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, obscure, out of square, promiscuous, unclassified, unsized, woolly, wooly), bulanık (blurred, blurry, clouded, cloudy, cloudyly, dim, filmy, foggy, hazy, indistinct, mackled, misty, muddy, murky, out of focus, troubled), çamurlu (miry, muddy, plashy, slimy, sloppy, sludgy, slushy, splashy, uliginose). (various references) щільний (air proof, compact, dense, massive, sclerotic, thick, tight), туманний (brumous, damp, delphic, filmy, foggy, hazy, misty, nebulose, nebulous, nubilous, obscure, soupy, vaporous, vapourish, vapoury), мутний (cloudy, feculent). (various references) lộn xộn (chaotic, confused, farraginous, jumbly, messy, promiscuous, shop, skimble-scamble, straggling, straggly, topsyturvy, wild). (various references) afloyw (opaque). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | tyrbe. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | turbidam, turbido, turbidus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 26 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fons turbatus pede et vena corrupta iustus cadens coram impio |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A welle trublid bi foot, and a veyne corupt, the riytwis fallende beforn the vnpitous. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ingon sa usa ka nalubog nga tinubdan, ug sa nahugawan nga tuburan, Mao man ang usa ka matarung tawo nga madaug sa atubangan sa dautan. |
| Croatian | Kao zatrpan izvor i vrelo zamuæeno, takav je pravednik koji kleca pred opakim. |
| Danish | Som grumset Kilde og ødelagt Væld er retfærdig, der vakler i gudløses Påsyn. |
| Dutch | De rechtvaardige, wankelende voor het aangezicht des goddelozen, is een beroerde fontein, en verdorven springader. |
| Finnish | Kuin sekoitettu lähde ja turmeltu kaivo on vanhurskas, joka horjuu jumalattoman edessä. |
| French | Comme une fontaine troublée et une source corrompue, Ainsi est le juste qui chancelle devant le méchant. |
| German | Ein Gerechter, der vor einem Gottlosen fällt, ist wie ein getrübter Brunnen und eine verderbte Quelle. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Lè yon moun ki mache dwat kite yon mechan pran tèt li, se tankou yon sous dlo moun mache ladan l', se tankou yon pi yo sal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang baik yang mengalah kepada orang durhaka seperti mata air yang keruh atau sumur yang kotor. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang benar yang bimbang hati di hadapan orang-orang fasik, ia itu seperti pancaran air yang keruh dan mata air yang telah rusak adanya. |
| Italian | Fontana torbida e sorgente inquinata, tale è il giusto che vacilla di fronte all'empio. |
| Maori | ¶ Me te manawa whenua i takatakahia, me te puna i whakaparuparutia, koia ano te tangata tika e hinga ana i te aroaro o te tangata kino. |
| Norwegian | Som en grumset kilde og en utskjemt brønn er en rettferdig som gir efter for en ugudelig. |
| Portuguese | Como fonte turva, e manancial poluído, assim é o justo que cede lugar diante do ímpio. |
| Rumanian | Ca o fkntknq turbure wi ca un izvor stricat, awa este cel neprihqnit care se clatinq knaintea celui rqu. - |
| Russian | юФП ЧПЪНХЭЕООЩК ЙУФПЮОЙЛ Й ПЧТЕЦ"ЕООЩК ТП"ОЙЛ, ФП ТБЧЕ"ОЙЛ, Б"БАЭЙК ТЕ" ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩН. |
| Spanish | Como manantial turbio y fuente corrompida es el justo que vacila ante el impío. |
| Swedish | Såsom en grumlad källa och en fördärvad brunn, så är en rättfärdig som vacklar inför den ogudaktige. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "turbid": turbidimeter, turbidimeters, turbidimetric, turbidimetrically, turbidimetries, turbidimetry, turbidite, turbidites, turbidities, turbidity, turbidly, turbidness, turbidnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Turbid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Iturbe, Iturbi, tibid, Torabi, toraid, Torbin, torcid, Toribio, truid, Tubridy, Turabi, turb, turbal, turbed, turbin, turdid, turid, turit, turmid, turnid, turpid. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "turbid" (pronounced 'Tur"bid'): morbid. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-i-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: bruit. | |
-2 letters: bird, brit, brut, burd, dirt, drib, drub, duit, turd. | |
-3 letters: bid, bit, bud, bur, but, dib, dit, dub, dui, rib, rid, rub, rut, tub, tui, urb, urd. | |
-4 letters: bi, id, it, ti, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-i-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: bruited, disturb. | |
+2 letters: disturbs, imbruted, tuberoid, turbidly. | |
+3 letters: absurdist, absurdity, brutified, disturbed, disturber, obtruding, outbribed, subeditor, turbidite, turbidity, windburnt. | |
+4 letters: absurdists, attributed, bifurcated, breadfruit, briquetted, brutalised, brutalized, counterbid, distribute, disturbers, disturbing, dumbwaiter, durability, lubricated, rubricated, subeditors, tribulated, turbidites, turbidness, turbinated. | |
+5 letters: absurdities, adumbrating, adumbration, adumbrative, biquadratic, blueprinted, boatbuilder, breadfruits, butterflied, contributed, counterbids, distributed, distributee, distributes, distributor, disturbance, drumbeating, dumbwaiters, moribundity, outbreeding, resubmitted, rubicundity, strikebound, subdirector, subdistrict, subindustry, subordinate, thunderbird, tuberculoid, turbidities, undisturbed, unliberated. | |
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