turbid
cloudy, muddy, or confused
Root
- turb: stir, disturb, throw into disorder, or make cloudy
Other words with the turb root
- disturb: to interrupt peace or throw into disorder
- imperturbable: calm and not easily disturbed
- perturb: to disturb greatly or unsettle
- turbulent: stirred up, disorderly, or violently unsettled
Turbid water has been stirred until it loses clarity; turbid thinking feels cloudy in the same way.
The river turned turbid after the storm pulled mud from the banks.