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murky
[
mur
-kee
]
Example Sentences
Origin
murk·y
/
ˈmɜr
ki
/
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[
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.
3.
vague; unclear; confused:
a murky statement.
Also,
mirky.
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
mirky.
See
murk
,
-y
1
Related forms
murk·i·ly,
adverb
murk·i·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
See
dark.
2.
cloudy, dusky, lowering, misty, hazy.
Antonyms
1, 2.
bright, clear.
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Example Sentences
With visibility almost zero in the
murky
water, fingers had to do the work of eyes.
Some look shiny in places and others are almost uniformly
murky
.
The sun had gone down and the dusk was growing
murky
.
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Adjective
With visibility almost zero in the
murky
water, fingers had to do the work of eyes.
Some look shiny in places and others are almost uniformly
murky
.
The sun had gone down and the dusk was growing
murky
.
The responsibilities of pharmacists in this regard are
murky
.
The details of the death remain
murky
.
And the program's aims are
murky
, the report continues.
But this time his unshapely pictures and narrative share a
murky
quality.
Equally striking is the
murky
color of the water itself.
What admissions officers and students take away from interviews is
murky
.
But the book is uneven and some parts are
murky
.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
murky
or
mirky
(ˈmɜːkɪ)
—
adj
,
murkier
,
murkiest
,
mirkier
,
mirkiest
1.
gloomy or dark
2.
cloudy or impenetrable as with smoke or fog
mirky
or
mirky
—
adj
'murkily
or
mirky
—
adv
'mirkily
or
mirky
—
adv
'murkiness
or
mirky
—
n
'mirkiness
or
mirky
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
murky
mid-14c., from
murk
+
-y
(2). Rare before 17c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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