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MURKY
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Irregular inflected forms: murkier , murkiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark or gloomy
Example:
murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps
Synonyms:
mirky; murky
Classified under:
Similar:
shaded (protected from heat and light with shade or shadow)
Derivation:
murk; murkiness (an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment
Example:
murky waters
Synonyms:
cloudy; mirky; muddy; murky; turbid
Classified under:
Similar:
opaque (not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight)
Derivation:
murk (an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance)
murkiness (the quality of being cloudy)
