murky (redirected from murkier)

murk·y also mirk·y  (mûrk)

adj. murk·i·er also mirk·i·er, murk·i·est also mirk·i·est

1. Dark, dim, or gloomy: a murky dungeon. See Synonyms at dark.

2.

a. Heavy and thick with smoke, mist, or fog; hazy.

b. Darkened or clouded with sediment: murky waters.

3. Lacking clarity or distinctness; cloudy or obscure.

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murki·ly adv.

murki·ness n.

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murky, mirky [ˈmɜːkɪ]

adj murkier, murkiest, mirkier mirkiest

1. gloomy or dark

2. cloudy or impenetrable as with smoke or fog

murkily , mirkily adv

murkiness , mirkiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	murky - (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" mirky, turbid, cloudy, muddy opaque - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"
	2.	murky - dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps" mirky shaded - protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; "shaded avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"- Alexander Pope

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murky

adjective

1. dark, gloomy, dismal, grey, dull, obscure, dim, dreary, cloudy, misty, impenetrable, foggy, overcast, dusky, nebulous, cheerless Their plane crashed in murky weather.
dark clear, bright, sunny, cheerful

2. dark, obscure, cloudy, impenetrable the deep, murky waters of Loch Ness

3. questionable, dark, secret, suspect, mysterious, suspicious, dubious, shady (informal) There has been a murky conspiracy to keep them out of power.

Translations

murky [ˈmɜːkɪ] ADJ (murkier (compar) (murkiest (superl)))

1. (= dark and cloudy) [night, evening] → tenebroso, oscuro; [water] → turbio; [fog] → espeso; [brown, green] → sucio

2. (fig) [past] → turbio
the murky depths of Soviet politics → los turbios entresijos de la política soviética

murky [ˈmɜː^rki] adj

[place, day] → sombre, ténébreux/euse

[water, pond, river] → trouble; [depths] → obscur(e)

(= shady) [world, business, past] → trouble

(= unclear) a murky area → une zone d'ombre

murky

adj (+er)

(= gloomy) → trüb; room, street → düster, dunkel; night → finster; sky → verhangen, düster; water → trüb, schmutzig; fog → dicht; outline → unscharf, unklar; murky brown/green → trüb-braun/-grün; it’s really murky outside → draußen ist es so düster

(= shady) character, deed → finster; past → dunkel; the murky waters of politics → der Sumpf der Politik; that’s a pretty murky area → das ist eine ziemlich undurchsichtige Sache

murky [ˈmɜːkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → oscuro/a, cupo/a, tenebroso/a, buio/a; (thick, darkness) → fitto/a; (smoke) → denso/a (fig) → torbido/a

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murky [ˈmɜːkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → oscuro/a, cupo/a, tenebroso/a, buio/a; (thick, darkness) → fitto/a; (smoke) → denso/a (fig) → torbido/a