murky

English

Etymology

Cognate to or directly from Old Norse myrkr. Compare Russian, Serbian мрак.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ki

Adjective

murky (comparative murkier, superlative murkiest)

1. Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
2. Gloomy, dark, dim.
3. Obscure, indistinct, cloudy.
4. Dishonest, shady.

Synonyms

• dark

Related terms

• murk
• murkily
• murkiness

Translations

hard to see through

• Dutch: troebel, troebele
• Finnish: samea (fi), sakea (fi)
• French: sombre (fr), trouble (fr)
• German: düster (de), trüb (de)

• Romanian: tulbure (ro)
• Russian: мутный (ru) (mútnyj)
• Scots: mirk

gloomy — see gloomy

obscure — see obscure

dishonest, shady

• Finnish: hämäräperäinen (fi)

• Russian: тёмный (ru) (t'ómnyj), грязный (ru) (gr'áznyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: mørk (da), dunkel (da), dyster (da)
• Hebrew: עכור, מטושטש

• Icelandic: myrkr

External links

• murky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• murky in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911