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If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way that was planned.
A clarion call is a stirring, emotional, and strong appeal to people to take action on something.
If something is crepuscular, it is dim, indistinct, and not easily visible; this word usually refers to twilight.
A diaphanous cloth is thin enough to see through.
If something discomfits you, it makes you feel embarrassed, confused, uncomfortable, or frustrated.
If something disconcerts you, it makes you feel anxious, worried, or confused.
Something that is effulgent is very bright and radiates light.
If you elucidate something, you make it easier to understand by giving more relevant information.
If you fathom something complicated or mysterious, you are able to understand it.
A gossamer material is very thin, light, and delicate.
A halcyon time is calm, peaceful, and undisturbed.
Limpid speech or prose is clear, simple, and easily understood; things, such as pools of water or eyes, are limpid if they are clear or transparent.
If someone is lucid, they are able to understand things and think clearly; this adjective also describes writing or speech that is crystal clear and easy to understand.
When something is luminous, it is bright and glowing.
If you describe something as nebulous, you mean that it is unclear, vague, and not clearly defined; a shape that is nebulous has no clear boundaries.
Something is opaque if it is either difficult to understand or is not transparent.
An overt act is not hidden or secret but is done in an open and public way.
Something that is pellucid is either extremely clear because it is transparent to the eye or it is very easy for the mind to understand.
Someone who demonstrates perspicacity notices or understands things very quickly.
Something that is pristine has not lost any of its original perfection or purity.
A stygian place is extremely and unpleasantly dark, gloomy, and frightening.
A translucent object allows some light to pass through it.
Something that is unalloyed is whole or complete; for example, unalloyed pain cannot be relieved.
Something that is unsullied is unstained and clean.
Something that is vaporous is not completely formed but foggy and misty; in the same vein, a vaporous idea is insubstantial and vague.
A vivid picture is brightly colored and/or lifelike.
If you winnow a list or group, you reduce its size by getting rid of the things that are no longer useful or by keeping only the desirable things.
Adj.
turbid
TUR-bid
Context
The turbid waters from the flood crossed the threshold of the house, bringing mud, sediment, and waste from the river. Stella watched in despair as the turbid, clouded waters rose in her living room. Gazing in despair at the turbid or muddy swell, Stella felt hopeless and could not see her way clear to recovery after the flood.
Clear to Disturbed When one disturbs pond water by stirring it, it becomes turbid.
Examples
Picture the Bay of Bengal as an expanse of tropical water: still and blue in the calm of the January winter, or raging and turbid with silt at the peak of the summer rains.
— Sunil Amrith, historian focused on trans-regional movement across South and Southeast Asia
The dolphins drive the mullet towards the fishermen, who stand waist-deep in water holding nets. The humans cannot see the fish through the turbid water. They must wait for their accomplices. As the fish approach, the dolphins signal to the humans by rolling at the surface, or slapping the water with their heads or tails.
—
Discover Magazine
Later the same morning another taxi cruised across a bridge over the turbid Ohio River, which had been transformed by the sun into shimmering glass.
—
Sports Illustrated
Prevention tips mentioned in the study include teaching proper diving technique, stretching and strengthening for competitive divers, and teaching your kids not to jump from the side of a pool into shallow or turbid water.
—
WebMD
When one causes “confusion” or “disorder” in water by stirring it up, it becomes turbid or “relating to turmoil” until all the sediment is allowed to settle once again.
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Related Words
awry ·
crepuscular ·
discomfit ·
disconcert ·
nebulous ·
opaque ·
stygian ·
vaporous ·
clarion ·
diaphanous ·
effulgent ·
elucidate ·
fathom ·
gossamer ·
halcyon ·
limpid ·
lucid ·
luminous ·
overt ·
pellucid ·
perspicacity ·
pristine ·
translucent+ ·
unalloyed ·
unsullied ·
vivid+ ·
winnow ·
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Word Variants
turbulent
adj
→
rowdy; stormy; causing unrest
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