- muddy or opaque, as a liquid clouded with a suspension of particles
- dense, thick, or cloudy: turbid fog
- in turmoil or confusion
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
tur•bid /ˈtɜrbɪd/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- not clear because of having been stirred up;
clouded:turbid water. - confused;
muddled;
disturbed.
tur•bid
(tûr′bid),USA pronunciation adj.
tur•bid′i•ty, tur′bid•ness, n.
tur′bid•ly, adv.
- not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like;
clouded;
opaque;
obscured:the turbid waters near the waterfall. - thick or dense, as smoke or clouds.
- confused;
muddled;
disturbed.
- Latin turbidus disturbed, equivalent. to turb(āre) to disturb (derivative of turba turmoil) + -idus -id4
- 1620–30
tur′bid•ly, adv.
- 1. murky, cloudy, roiled, muddy.
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turbid /ˈtɜːbɪd/ adj
'turbid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
rile
- roil
- turpeth
- balm-of-Gilead
- cloudy
- congeliturbation
- drumly
- feculent
- gloom
- muddle
- muddy
- perturb
- riley
- roily
- trouble
- troublous
- turbidimeter
- turbidite
- turbidity current
- turbine