mucky
Full of gunk
Mucky means covered with muck—dirt, mud, filth, or manure.
A mucky field is muddy underfoot.
Mucky boots need hosing off.
In British informal usage, mucky extends to things morally unclean or sexually explicit: mucky magazines, mucky jokes.
To get your hands mucky is to do dirty work, literal or figurative.
Loose dry earth
- grimeIngrained surface dirt
- filthFoul, accumulated matter
- gunkViscous unpleasant substance
- gooViscous sticky matter
slime · scum · grubby · dingy · sooty · grease · residue · caked
Acidic peat wetland
Morally foul or base
- seedyRundown and disreputable
- sleazyDisreputably low-quality
- shadyDisreputable or sun-blocked
- corruptDishonest, open to bribes
tawdry · unsavory · scandalous · dishonorable · ignoble · shameful · debased · tainted
dirt
Loose dry earth
goo · slime · scum · grubby · dingy · sooty · grease · residue · caked · smeared
bog
Acidic peat wetland
quagmire · mire · ooze · silt · wetland · peat · morass · fen · puddle · clay
sordid
Morally foul or base
corrupt · tawdry · unsavory · scandalous · dishonorable · ignoble · shameful · debased · tainted · dodgy
foul
Offensive or illegal
- unsanitaryLacking proper cleanliness
- messyLacking order or neatness
- slovenlyUntidy and careless
pigsty · squalor · polluted · contaminated · sewage · waste · effluent · fetid · reeky · cesspool
gooey
Soft and sticky
glutinous · claggy · squidgy · adhesive · clinging · thick · syrupy · slimy · gluey · congealed
muckyclean
Free of soil
spotless · pristine · immaculate · spick-and-span · spic-and-span
- mucked upSpoiled through carelessness
- muck upSpoil through carelessness
- muck outRemove stable waste
- mucking aboutAimless playful activity
- mucking aroundAimless, unserious activity
- muck aboutBehave in silly, unproductive ways
muck, mucking, amuck, mucked, muckiest, muckier, muckraking, muckraker, mucker