murky
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murky
- /ˈmɜː(ɹ)ki/
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Where it comes from
From Middle English mirky. Related to Old Norse myrkr, Russian мрак (mrak) and its Slavic cognates. By surface analysis, murk + -y.
adjective murkier · murkiest · mirky
- Hard to see through, as a fog or mist. The Streets of London, to be beheld in the very height of their glory, should be seen on a dark, dull, murky, winter's night, when there is just enough damp gently stealing down to make the pavement greasy without cleansing it of any of its impurities, […]
- Dark, dim, gloomy. Ferdinand: As I hope / For quite dayes, faire Iſſue, and long life, / With ſuch loue, as 'tis now the murkieſt den, / The moſt opportune place, the ſtrongſt ſuggeſtion, / Our worſer Genius can, shall neuer melt / Mine honor into luſt,[…]
- Cloudy, indistinct, obscure. murky waters
- Dishonest, shady. Ever since X-Men: First Class set the series' clock back a few decades and installed Michael Fassbender's moody Magneto and James McAvoy's louche Charles Xavier as replacements for Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart's chess-playing pappies, the big-screen X-Men's central conflict—Xavier's Booker T. Wa
Similar: dark
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: turbid, cloudy, muddy, mirky, shaded, opaque, dusky, dark, shadowy, shady, creepy, bleak, sombre, gloomy, grim, dismal
adjective
Similar: dark
Translations
Talk about this word "murky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/murky. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. murky. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/murky "murky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/murky.Cite this
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title = {murky},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murky},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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