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murk

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murk also mirk  (mûrk)
n.
Partial or total darkness; gloom.
adj. Archaic
Partially or totally dark; gloomy.
[Middle English mirke, from Old Norse myrkr or Old English mirce.]
murk
Noun
thick gloomy darkness [Old Norse myrkr darkness]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.murk - an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
fogginess, murkiness, fog
atmospheric state, atmosphere - the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog"
fug - (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
Verb1.murk - make dark, dim, or gloomy
darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"
Translations
Spanish murk [məːk] n → oscuridad f; tinieblas fpl
French murk [məːk] n → obscurité f
German murk [məːk] n → Düsternis f
Italian murk [məːk] n → oscurità, buio
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A street-lamp some little distance away gave enough light through the murk of the rain that was again falling in torrents to make it entirely plain that "no one was there.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
As they crossed the bridge, the clear steeples of the many churches looked as if they had advanced out of the murk that usually enshrouded them, and come much nearer.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
We will flash first to Worcester, cross the Hudson on the high bridge at Poughkeepsie, swing southwest through a dozen coal towns to the outskirts of Philadelphia, leap across the Susquehanna, zigzag up and down the Alleghenies into the murk of Pittsburg, cross the Ohio at Wheeling, glance past Columbus and Indianapolis, over the Wabash at Terre Haute, into St.
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