murky
or mirk·y
[mur-kee]
- dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- obscure or thick with mist, haze, etc., as the air.
- vague; unclear; confused: a murky statement.
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Origin of murky
Synonyms
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1, 2. bright, clear.
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Examples from the Web for murky
Contemporary Examples
I love The Affair for bravely reflecting back to us that murky grey area of not knowing.
For decades, maybe centuries (the details are murky), some people in Mexico had been venerating a kind of sanctified death figure.
What we found is a situation currently too murky to render a judgment.
The possibilities are endless, and weirdly reassuring in these disjointed and murky times.
The massacre has been transformed, without a shred of proof or evidence, into a shady skirmish in a murky secret war.
Historical Examples
A murky light fell here and there from the copper-coloured clouds.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
Our pursuer, overtaken by a sort of murky whirlwind, disappeared from our sight.
The Mirror of the SeaJoseph Conrad
It was murky, but we needed no light for business like this.
Dwellers in the HillsMelville Davisson Post
The match flared to a point of brilliance in the murky gloom.
The day closed in a murky evening with a taste of smoke in the air.
The Long RollMary Johnston
murky
mirky
- gloomy or dark
- cloudy or impenetrable as with smoke or fog
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Word Origin and History for murky
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