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Murky — Murk y, a. [Compar. {Murkier}; superl. {Murkiest}.] [OE. mirke, merke, AS. myrce, mirce; akin to Icel. myrkr, Dan. & Sw. m[ o]rk.] 1. Dark; gloomy. The murkiest den. Shak. [1913 Webster] A murky deep lowering o er our heads. Addison. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
murky — [mʉr′kē] adj. murkier, murkiest [ME mirky] 1. dark or gloomy 2. heavy and obscure with smoke, mist, etc. [the murky air] SYN. DARK murkily adv. murkiness n … English World dictionary
Murky — Murky, Tonstück für das Clavier, von munterm Charakter, dessen Baß aus Einem Ton besteht, welcher abwechselnd mit seiner Octave angeschlagen wird; Nachahmung des Dudelsacks … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Murky — Murky, Ton stück für das Klavier, munteren Charakters, dessen Baß aus gebrochenen Octaven besteht … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
murky — mid 14c., from MURK (Cf. murk) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Rare before 17c. Related: Murkily; murkiness … Etymology dictionary
murky — obscure, gloomy, *dark, dim, dusky Analogous words: *turbid, muddy, roily: lowering, glowering, glooming or gloomy (see corresponding verbs at FROWN): lurid, grim, *ghastly Contrasted words: *bright, brilliant, radiant, effulgent: illuminated,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
murky — [adj] gloomy, obscure black, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, dark, darkened, dim, dingy, dirty, dismal, drab, dreary, dull, dun*, dusk, dusky, filthy, foggy, foul, fuzzy, glowering, gray, grubby*, impenetrable, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, nasty … New thesaurus
murky — ► ADJECTIVE (murkier, murkiest) 1) dark and gloomy. 2) (of water) dirty or cloudy. 3) deliberately obscure so as to conceal dishonesty or immorality. DERIVATIVES murkily adverb murkiness noun … English terms dictionary
murky — [[t]mɜ͟ː(r)ki[/t]] murkier, murkiest 1) ADJ GRADED 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... It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November… … English dictionary
murky — murk|y [ˈmə:ki US ˈmə:r ] adj 1.) dark and difficult to see through ▪ murky water 2.) complicated and difficult to understand = ↑obscure ▪ The laws on intellectual property are murky. ▪ the murky waters (=complicated subject) of sexuality and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
