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turbid

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of TURBID

having visible particles in liquid suspension <the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing>

Synonyms muddy, riley, roiled, turbid

Related Words dingy, filmy, hazy, scummy, unfiltered; inky, muddied, muddled, murky, puddled, sludgy; opaque

Near Antonyms clarified, filtered, purified; colorless, transparent, uncolored

Antonyms clear, crystal clear, crystalline

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