Definitions for murky
ˈmɜr kimurky

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbidadjective

   (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

   "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"

2. murky, mirkyadjective

   dark or gloomy

   "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"

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1. Murkyadjective

   Obscured by haze or mist; clouded; turbid; as, poor visibility in the murky water.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. murkyadjective

   Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.

2. murkyadjective

   Gloomy, dark, dim.

3. murkyadjective

   Obscure, indistinct, cloudy.

4. murkyadjective

   Dishonest, shady.

5. Etymology: Cognate to or directly from myrkr. Compare Russian, Serbian мрак.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Murkyadjective

   Dark; cloudy; wanting light.

   Etymology: morck, Danish.

   The murkiest den,
   The most opportune place, the strong’st suggestion
   Shall never melt mine honour into lust. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   So scented the grim feature, and up-turn’d
   His nostrils wide into the murky air,
   Sagacious of his quarry. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   A murky storm deep low’ring o’er our heads
   Hung imminent, that with impervious gloom
   Oppos’d itself to Cynthia’s silver ray. Addison.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Murky

   dark; obscure; gloomy

2. Etymology: [OE. mirke, merke, AS. myrce, mirce; akin to Icel. myrkr, Dan. & Sw. mrk.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of murky in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of murky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of murky in a Sentence

1. Matthew McConaughey:

   You know, where I start and where he ends, and where he starts and I end, has always been like a murky line, and that’s part of our bromance, right? My kids call him Uncle Woody. His kids call me Uncle Matthew etc etc. And you see pictures of us and my family thinks a lot of pictures of him are me. His family thinks a lot of pictures of me are him.

2. Dusty Johnson:

   I think the path forward looks incredibly murky. I wouldn't even try to hazard a guess, what we know is that the ‘Squad,’ these folks are legislative terrorists, they love to take hostages.

3. 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.

4. Richard Noriega:

   It is very murky.

5. Bryden Teich:

   A year out, the fundamentals for the potash market still look murky.

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