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murky

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[mur-kee]

adjective

murkier, murkiest 
  1. dark, gloomy, and cheerless.

    Antonyms: ,
  2. obscure or thick with mist, haze, etc., as the air.

    Synonyms: , , , , , , , ,
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  3. (of liquid) not clear; cloudy with or as if with sediment.

    Antonyms: , , ,
  4. not clearly expressed; vague; unclear; confused.

    a murky statement.



murky

/ ˈɜːɪ /

adjective

  1. gloomy or dark

  2. cloudy or impenetrable as with smoke or fog

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • murkily adverb
  • murkiness noun
  • ˈܰ쾱Ա noun
  • ˈܰ쾱 adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of murky1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English mirky; murk, -y 1
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Synonym Study

See dark.
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Example Sentences

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But what actually happened at the Whitsett West Tiny Home Village in North Hollywood remains murky.

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“These kinds of things are still murky and I really want to see clearer guidelines.”

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Yet even with arrests piling up, the motive remained murky.

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Early data suggests superbugs can be flushed out of the dark murky depths of the bowel and replaced with a mix of healthy gut bacteria.

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There have been signs that Trump officials and the Qatari government knew they were wading into murky waters.

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