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turbid TUR-buhd adjective water darkened by sediment; muddy; foul 1901The Man Who Was AfraidBlood was trickling from his bruised face on to the white bark of the birch wood; he wiped the blood off his face with the sleeve of his shirt, looked at his sleeve and, heaving a sigh, maintained silence, and when he went past Foma with the hand-harrows, two big, turbid tears were trembling on his face, near the bridge of his nose, and Foma noticed them.1922Tales of China Town: The Dance of the Veils...his wits were bright if his morals were turbid.1931Buddhist PsalmsWhoso believeth in the power of the Divine Promise shall verily be at one with the holy Essence, even as the turbid stream is clear and pure within the ocean depth when they have flowed together.Labels: Maxim Gorky, Sax Rohmer, Shinran Shonin
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