mudlike

Resembling wet earth

Resembling mud in texture, consistency, or appearance—thick, wet, and somewhat formless: The coffee had a mudlike sludge at the bottom.

The word describes anything sharing mud's characteristic qualities without actually being mud.

texture

slimy

Wet, slippery, unpleasant

sticky · oozy · squelchy · pasty · viscid · gloppy · clayey · gelatinous · gluey · claggy

earthy

clay

Moldable earth for ceramics

  • loamFertile soil mixture
  • siltWaterborne earth particles
  • humusDecayed organic soil matter

peat · sediment · alluvium · loess · terroir · organic · compost · silty · loamy · topsoil

mucky

grimy

Coated in stubborn dirt

murky · soggy · damp · wet · grungy · slushy · swampy · miry · boggy · waterlogged

Opposites
moisture/wetness

mudlikedry

Free from moisture

arid · parched · desiccated · dusty · bone-dry

texture/consistency

mudlikesandy

Full of fine grains

granular · rocky · solid · firm · gritty

clarity/purity

mudlikeclear

Without obstruction or fog

crystalline · transparent · clean · pure · pristine

Family

like, mud, muddy, muddied, mudslide, muddying, mudflat, muddier, mudslinging

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G