murk

See also mürk

English

Alternative forms

• mirk

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)k

Adjective

murk (comparative murker, superlative murkest)

1. Dark, murky

Quotations

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Noun

murk (uncountable)

1. Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.

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Synonyms

• gloom

Translations

darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment

• Russian: тьма (ru) (tʹma) f, темнота (ru) (temnota) f, мрак (ru) (mrak) m

Verb

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

1. To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
   • 1918: Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons [1]

     Dawn had been murking through the smoky windows, growing stronger for half an hour...

Translations

to make murky or to be murky

• Russian: затмевать

Derived terms

• murky

See also

• muck

Anagrams

• Krum