muddiness n the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water the water's muddiness made it undrinkable n a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior n the quality of being cloudy Usage(s) Concern about the muddiness of Benedict's message first surfaced when he visited Auschwitz in 2006. The symphony's clear textures give way to a muddiness that cannot be entirely justified by the "Darkness" sobriquet. The narrative ramblings, like a drunk's broken-field running, occasionally lose the reader in a muddiness of form. Synonym(s) wateriness sloppiness confusion mental confusion confusedness disarray cloudiness murkiness