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murky

American  
[mur-kee] / ˈmɜr ki /
Sometimes mirky

adjective

murkier, murkiest

  1. dark, gloomy, and cheerless.

    Antonyms:
    cheery, bright

  2. obscure or thick with mist, haze, etc., as the air.

    Synonyms:
    opaque, obscure, indefinite, hazy, confusing, hazy, misty, lowering, cloudy
    Antonyms:
    clear

  3. (of liquid) not clear; cloudy with or as if with sediment.

    Antonyms:
    transparent, pellucid, limpid, clear

  4. not clearly expressed; vague; unclear; confused.

    a murky statement.
murky British  
/ ˈmɜːkɪ /

adjective

  1. gloomy or dark

  2. cloudy or impenetrable as with smoke or fog

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Related Words

See dark.

Other Word Forms

  • murkily adverb
  • murkiness noun

Etymology

Origin of murky

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English mirky; murk, -y 1

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