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murky::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mirky |
| Derivation | murk, murkiness |
a murky dungeon.
murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps.
Examples of murky
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Murky overlaps between government, business and media are not unusual in Poland.
From the economist.com
As much as I like the idea of the EU, its future is looking murky at the moment.
From the economist.com
Let's dive into the murky waters of the Cardinals'4-7 start without further ado.
From the stltoday.com
Though the rules are murky, even a few charities are resorting to this maneuver.
From the online.wsj.com
There are no such currents to carry away the warmer waters of the murky regions.
From the newscientist.com
Perry is hardly the only GOP candidate to troll for votes in these murky waters.
From the sacbee.com
Even with the content filtering now gone, Martin's proposal has murky prospects.
From the newsobserver.com
Early investors in the scheme received payouts but the accounting remains murky.
From the omaha.com
The quality of the prints is often murky, with films in eighth-generation dupes.
From the time.com
- Cloudy: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
- Dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"
- Unclearly; opaquely; "murkily expressed ideas"
- (murkily) dimly: with a dim light; "a dimly lit room"
- (murkiness) fog: an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- (murkiness) cloudiness: the quality of being cloudy
- (Murkier) Tenebrism, from the Italian tenebroso ("murky"), (also called dramatic illumination) is a style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark, and darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image. ...
- Hard to see through, as a fog or mist; Gloomy, dark, dim; Obscure, indistinct, cloudy; Dishonest, shady
- More than deeply colored; lacking brightness, turbid and sometimes a bit swampy. Mainly a fault of red wines.
