murky

[ mur-kee ]
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adjective,murk·i·er, murk·i·est.
  1. dark, gloomy, and cheerless.

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

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

  2. not clearly expressed; vague; unclear; confused: a murky statement.

Origin of murky

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English mirky; see origin at murk, -y1
  • Sometimes mirk·y .

synonym study For murky

1. See dark.

Other words for murky

Opposites for murky

Other words from murky

  • murk·i·ly, adverb
  • murk·i·ness, noun

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How to use murky in a sentence

  • After that, the bog lay mirky and silent, with no record of the dead man that lay in its grip.

    Sir Ludar | Talbot Baines Reed
  • Nought might he see her well-loved face; But he felt her lips in the mirky place.

    Poems by the Way | William Morris
  • He thought I was mad because I stood in pyjamas without apparent heed of the mirky drizzle.

    The Amazing Argentine | John Foster Fraser
  • It was a mirky night like this, with 'prentices gawpin' in the lanterns and Jack Ketch unsnarlin' his cursed ropes.

    Wappin' Wharf | Charles S. Brooks

British Dictionary definitions for murky

murky

mirky

/ (ˈmɜːkɪ) /


adjectivemurkier, murkiest, mirkier or mirkiest
  1. gloomy or dark

  2. cloudy or impenetrable as with smoke or fog

Derived forms of murky

  • murkily or mirkily, adverb
  • murkiness or mirkiness, noun

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