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Meanings of
turbid
in English
(Of liquids) clouded as with sediment.
cloudy
muddy
murky
mirky
Related terms
opaque
Usage of
turbid
in English
1
This
turbid
air is like suffocation to the eyes; I cannot see.
2
The reflection of the
turbid
current showed that it was flowing swiftly.
3
At last it broke through the black surface of the
turbid
flood.
4
Every stream poured into the river, which swelled in its
turbid
course.
5
The streams they met with were
turbid
,
and full to the brim.
6
On the one side it was
turbid
and gray, and perfectly opaque.
7
Far below it the
turbid
Catawba gleamed yellow along its disconsolate valley.
8
My eyes turned to the Lacinian promontory, dark upon the
turbid
sea.
9
I peered at its
turbid
surface in search of a magic picture.
10
Still they stand, a hold unshaken, while the
turbid
stream of life
11
A large lake when it becomes
turbid
,
resumes its tranquillity of itself.
12
To make
turbid
the inward parts of Tiâmat; they followed in his train.
13
The
turbid
water lashed by on the heels of the ice-run.
14
The Hylozoist only shakes it up, and renders the whole
turbid
.
15
A silence ensued in which their mood threatened to darken and grow
turbid
.
16
The aqueous solution of the compounds turned
turbid
quickly upon heating.
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About this term
turbid
Adjective
Frequent collocations
turbid waters
turbid stream
turbid flood
become turbid
very turbid
More collocations
Turbid
through the time
Turbid
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common