mucky
/ˈmʌki/adjective
उच्चारण मकी
गंदा, कीचड़ से सना, मैला
Core word
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informal, especially British
dirty; covered in mud or dirt
गंदा, कीचड़ से सना, मैला
- Take your mucky boots off before you come in.
- The children came back from the field with mucky hands.
- The mucky road was full of puddles.
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- Wash your mucky hands before dinner.
- The mucky floor needed a good scrubbing.
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British, informal
(of weather) wet and unpleasant
(मौसम) गीला और खराब
- It was a mucky day, cold and drizzly.
- The match was cancelled because of the mucky weather and heavy mist.
- It was a cold, mucky evening so we stayed at home.
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- The mucky weather spoilt the picnic.
- The fog and drizzle made for a mucky Sunday.
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mucky + noun (attributive)
Mucky is an informal British adjective placed before a noun to describe something dirty, muddy or smeared.
Mucky अनौपचारिक ब्रिटिश adjective है, जो संज्ञा से पहले आकर गंदी, कीचड़ भरी या सनी हुई चीज़ का वर्णन करता है।
- Take off those mucky boots before you come in.
- The mucky pond smelt awful.
be / get mucky (predicative)
After be, get, look or become, mucky describes the current state of a person or thing.
Be, get, look या become के बाद mucky किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु की वर्तमान स्थिति बताता है।
- The road gets very mucky during the monsoon.
- Your hands are mucky; wash them first.
mucky + comparative / superlative
As a short adjective, mucky forms its comparative and superlative with -ier and -iest.
छोटा adjective होने के कारण mucky के comparative और superlative रूप -ier और -iest से बनते हैं।
- This is the muckiest lane in the whole colony.
- The playground is muckier than it was last week.
mucky + weather word
Mucky can describe weather that is wet, grey and unpleasant, a use found mainly in British English.
Mucky उस मौसम का भी वर्णन कर सकता है जो गीला, धूसर और अप्रिय हो; यह प्रयोग मुख्यतः ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में है।
- It was a cold, mucky day, so we stayed in.
mucky as a rude or indecent word
In British informal use, mucky can also mean rude or indecent, as in a mucky joke. Use it carefully in formal writing.
ब्रिटिश अनौपचारिक प्रयोग में mucky का अर्थ अश्लील या भद्दा भी हो सकता है, जैसे a mucky joke। औपचारिक लेखन में इसका प्रयोग सावधानी से करें।
- The teacher stopped the mucky joke at once.
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mucky + noun
mucky handsmucky bootsmucky floormucky puddlemucky weather
- The mucky floor of the stall made walking difficult.
verb + mucky
getlookfeelturnstay
- Your white shirt will get mucky if you sit there.
adverb + mucky
veryreallyratherterriblya bit
- The toddler's face was terribly mucky after lunch.
fixed phrases
mucky pupmucky businessmucky fingers
- Her little brother is a real mucky pup, always in the mud.
mucky + body or clothes
mucky kneesmucky shirtmucky facemucky apron
- He came home with mucky knees after the kabaddi game.
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- Radhika's school bag was mucky after she dropped it in the puddle.
राधिका का स्कूल बैग गड्ढे में गिरने के बाद गंदा हो गया था।
- The lane behind the market becomes mucky as soon as it rains.
बाज़ार के पीछे की गली बारिश होते ही कीचड़ भरी हो जाती है।
- Go and wash your mucky hands before you touch the sweets.
मिठाई छूने से पहले जाकर अपने गंदे हाथ धो लो।
- We cycled home through the mucky fields and arrived late.
हम कीचड़ भरे खेतों से साइकिल चलाकर घर आए और देर से पहुँचे।
- The cricketers' kit was thoroughly mucky after the rain-hit match.
बारिश से प्रभावित मैच के बाद क्रिकेटरों की किट पूरी तरह गंदी हो गई थी।
- Radhika scrubbed the mucky windows before Diwali.
राधिका ने दीवाली से पहले गंदी खिड़कियाँ रगड़कर साफ़ कीं।
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✗ The floor is more mucky than the lane outside.
✓ The floor is muckier than the lane outside.
A two-syllable adjective ending in -y takes -ier, not more.
-y पर समाप्त होने वाले दो अक्षर के adjective में 'more' नहीं, -ier लगता है।
✗ Don't touch it with mucky hand.
✓ Don't touch it with mucky hands.
Hands is plural here; a singular countable noun needs an article.
यहाँ 'hands' बहुवचन चाहिए; एकवचन countable noun के साथ article आवश्यक होता है।