murky

murk·y

 (mûr′kē)

adj. murk·i·er, murk·i·est

1. Dark or dim, as from mist: a murky sky. See Synonyms at dark.

2. Darkened, clouded, or blurry: murky waters; murky images.

3. Not clearly known, understood, or expressed: a murky future; the murky world of spies; murky writing.

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murk′i·ly adv.

murk′i·ness n.

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murky

(ˈmɜːkɪ) or

mirky

adj, murkier, murkiest, mirkier or mirkiest

1. gloomy or dark

2. cloudy or impenetrable as with smoke or fog

ˈmurkily, ˈmirkily adv

ˈmurkiness, ˈmirkiness n

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murk•y

(ˈmɜr ki)

adj. murk•i•er, murk•i•est.

1. dark, gloomy, and cheerless.

2. obscure or thick, as with mist.

3. vague; unclear: a murky statement.

[1300–50]

murk′i•ly, adv.

murk′i•ness, n.

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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.

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murky

also mirky
adjective

1. Deficient in brightness:

caliginous, dark, dim, dusky, obscure.

2. Lacking vividness in color:

dim, drab, dull, flat, muddy.

3. Heavy, dark, or dense, especially with impurities:

hazy, smoggy, turbid.

4. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended:

cloudy, muddy, roiled, roily, turbid.

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Translations

düster

torbidezzatorbido

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

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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

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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

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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

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