murky
adjective
dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
murkiest
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superlativeof murky.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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But it’s a joke with depth, pointing to who Vahid really is, and who he isn’t, at just the time when that seems murkiest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The first, “From Dystopia to Our Declaration” by Nijawwon Matthews, is the murkiest.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
HKU1 has the murkiest evolutionary history, but its genetic sequence clusters close to the murine hepatitis virus, suggesting it has a rodent origin.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2024
All of these factors cast this decision to live in the murkiest light.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2017
I had seen the number on the radio in Greg’s memory only a few hours earlier, burning brightly through even the murkiest clouds of his thoughts.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
