mucky

mucky
/muk"ee/, adj., muckier, muckiest.
1. of or like muck.
2. filthy, dirty, or slimy.
3. Brit. Informal.
a. obscene: a mucky story.
b. nasty; mean or contemptible: a mucky trick.
c. (of weather) oppressively humid.
[1530-40; MUCK + -Y1]

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