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Definitions for murky
ˈmɜr kimurky
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Princeton's WordNet
cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid(adj)
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment
"a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
murky, mirky(adj)
dark or gloomy
"a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"
GCIDE
Murky(a.)
Obscured by haze or mist; clouded; turbid; as, poor visibility in the murky water.
Etymology: [OE. mirke, merke, AS. myrce, mirce; akin to Icel. myrkr, Dan. & Sw. mrk.]
Wiktionary
murky(Adjective)
Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
Etymology: Cognate to or directly from myrkr. Compare Russian, Serbian мрак.
murky(Adjective)
Gloomy, dark, dim.
Etymology: Cognate to or directly from myrkr. Compare Russian, Serbian мрак.
murky(Adjective)
Obscure, indistinct, cloudy.
Etymology: Cognate to or directly from myrkr. Compare Russian, Serbian мрак.
murky(Adjective)
Dishonest, shady.
Etymology: Cognate to or directly from myrkr. Compare Russian, Serbian мрак.
Webster Dictionary
Murky
dark; obscure; gloomy
Etymology: [OE. mirke, merke, AS. myrce, mirce; akin to Icel. myrkr, Dan. & Sw. mrk.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Murky
murk′i, adj. dark: obscure: gloomy.—adv. Murk′ily.—n. Murk′iness—(Shak.) Murk.—adjs. Murk′some, Mirk′some (Spens.), darksome. [A.S. murc; Ice. myrkr, Dan. and Sw. mörk.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of murky in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of murky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of murky in a Sentence
Skokie Fire Chief Jim Walters:
I mean it’s murky, it’s murky all the way through, I was told the visibility is about three feet, we encountering the brush on the side of the canal that makes it difficult.
Graz Professor Thomas Schmikl:
Seeing those murky waters, I always wondered how it would look from underneath the surface. So it is also a bit of a wish that I had as a child that I can now fulfill.
Let the British Museum come here and make the comparison between this (Acropolis) museum of light and the murky, if I may say, prison of the British Museum where the Parthenon Marbles are held as trophies.
At this point, it’s a dream, it’s too murky at the moment. It will be tough to pass these bills.
District Police Officer Rai Babar:
It's a very murky situation.
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