different between stormy vs muddy

English

Etymology

From Middle English stormy, stormi, from Old English stormi? (“stormy”), equivalent to storm +? -y. Cognate with Dutch stormig (“stormy”), German stürmig (“stormy”), Swedish stormig (“stormy”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: stôr'm?, IPA^(key): /?st??mi/
• Rhymes: -??(?)mi

Adjective

stormy (comparative stormier, superlative stormiest)

1. Of or pertaining to storms.
2. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.

   a stormy season or a stormy day

   • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [1]

     Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.

3. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.

   a stormy sound or stormy shocks

4. Violent; passionate; rough.

   stormy passions

Synonyms

• storm-wracked

Antonyms

• calm

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stormi, storemig, sturmy

Etymology

Inherited from Old English stormi?; equivalent to storm +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?rmi?/

Adjective

stormy

1. Affected by an instance of intense wind and precipitation; stormy.
2. Indecisive, fluctuating, inconsistent; lacking consistency or decisiveness.
3. Fractious or warring; affected by conflicts or disputes.
4. (rare) Bringing retribution.

Descendants

• English: stormy
• Scots: stormy

References

• “storm?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.

English

Etymology

mud +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?di]
• Rhymes: -?di

Adjective

muddy (comparative muddier, superlative muddiest)

1. Covered with or full of mud or wet soil.

   He slogged across the muddy field.

   Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.

2. With mud or other sediment brought into suspension, turbid.

   The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the epic struggle.

3. Not clear; mixed up or blurry.

   The picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.

4. Confused; stupid; incoherent; vague.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     cold hearts and muddy understandings
5. (euphemistic) Soiled with feces.

Synonyms

• clatchy (Scotland)

Derived terms

• muddily
• muddiness

Translations

Verb

muddy (third-person singular simple present muddies, present participle muddying, simple past and past participle muddied)

1. (transitive) To get mud on (something).

2. (transitive) To make a mess of, or create confusion with regard to; to muddle.
   • 2014, Steve Rose, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review", The Guardian, 1 July 2014:

     As the humans establish tentative bonds with their evolutionary cousins, the inter-species waters start to muddy.

Derived terms

• muddy up