mucky

[ muhk-ee ]

adjective

, muck·i·er, muck·i·est.

1. of or like muck.
2. filthy, dirty, or slimy.
3. British Informal.
   1. obscene:

      a mucky story.

   2. nasty; mean or contemptible:

      a mucky trick.

   3. (of weather) oppressively humid.

ˈmucky

/ ˈmʌkɪ /

adjective

1. dirty
2. of or like muck

Derived Forms

• ˈmuckily, adverb
• ˈmuckiness, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mucky¹

First recorded in 1530–40; muck + -y ¹

Example Sentences

But I wonder how many other 23-year-olds get up every day at five in the morning for the mucky, and vital, job of milking?

From BBC

In “New Heraldry,” Seattle artist Sara Osebold imagines a new world after “total collapse,” through canvas drawings and clay sculptures imprinted with mysterious, textlike symbols and ceramic fragments found in mucky Seattle creek beds.

From Seattle Times

I tell her we’re doing a sort of mucky mascara thing, and she’s like ‘darling, nobody’s wearing mascara in New York'.”

From BBC

Those who remained Sunday described a resilient community making the most of the mucky conditions: Many posted selfies of themselves covered in mud, dancing or splashing in the makeshift lakes.

From Seattle Times

“Schedule III is going to leave it in this kind of amorphous, mucky middle where people are not going to understand the danger of it still being federally illegal,” he said.

From Seattle Times