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- DictionaryMurk·y/ˈmərkē/
adjective
- 1. dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist: "the sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling"
1. : characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke. the murky bottom of the lake. 2. : characterized by thickness and heaviness of air : foggy, misty. rain poured down from murky skies Newsweek. 3. : darkly vague or obscure. murky official rhetoric. He offered a murky explanation. murkily.
MURKY definition: 1. dark and dirty or difficult to see through: 2. used to describe a situation that is complicated…. Learn more.
murky adjective (UNPLEASANT SITUATION) used to describe a situation that is complicated and unpleasant, and about which many facts are not clear: He became involved in the murky world of international drug-dealing. I don't want to get into the murky waters of family arguments. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
adjective. , murk·i·er, murk·i·est. dark, gloomy, and cheerless. Antonyms: cheery, bright. obscure or thick with mist, haze, etc., as the air. Synonyms: opaque, obscure, indefinite, hazy, confusing, misty, lowering, cloudy. Antonyms: clear. (of liquid) not clear; cloudy with or as if with sediment. Antonyms: transparent, pellucid, limpid, clear.
1 day ago · 1. adjective. A murky place or time of day is dark and rather unpleasant because there is not enough light. The large lamplit room was murky with woodsmoke. [ + with] It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon. 2. adjective. Murky water or fog is so dark and dirty that you cannot see through it.
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. murk′i·ly adv. murk′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definitions of murky. adjective. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment. “ murky waters” synonyms: cloudy, mirky, muddy, turbid. opaque. not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight. adjective. dark or gloomy. “a murky dungeon” “ murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps” synonyms: mirky. shaded.
