Synonyms for murky
ˈmɜr kimurky

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1. murkyadjective

   Synonyms:
   dark

2. murkyadjective

   Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.

   Synonyms:
   dark

3. murkyadjective

   Gloomy, dark, dim.

   Synonyms:
   dark

4. murkyadjective

   Obscure, indistinct, cloudy.

   Synonyms:
   dark

5. murkyadjective

   Dishonest, shady.

   Synonyms:
   dark

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1. murky

   Strictly, that which is black is absolutely destitute of color; that which is dark is absolutely destitute of light. In common speech, however, a coat is black, tho not optically colorless; the night is dark, tho the stars shine. That is obscure, shadowy, or shady from which the light is more or less cut off. Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black. Dim refers to imperfection of outline, from distance, darkness, mist, etc., or from some defect of vision. Opaque objects, as smoked glass, are impervious to light. Murky is said of that which is at once dark, obscure, and gloomy; as, a murky den; a murky sky. Figuratively, dark is emblematic of sadness, agreeing with somber, dismal, gloomy, also of moral evil; as, a dark deed. Of intellectual matters, dark is now rarely used in the old sense of a dark saying, etc. See MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE.

   Compare synonyms for LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   black, dark, dim, dismal, dusky, gloomy, mysterious, obscure, opaque, sable, shadowy, shady, somber, swart, swarthy

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white

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1. cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbidadjective

   (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

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

   Synonyms:
   dingy, miry, waterlogged, nebulose, mucky, soggy, sloughy, sloppy, nebulous, marshy, dirty, cloudy, muddied, swampy, squashy, quaggy, muddy, boggy, mirky, turbid

   Antonyms:
   clear, unshaded

2. murky, mirkyadjective

   dark or gloomy

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

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, mirky, turbid, muddy

   Antonyms:
   clear, unshaded

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1. murkyadjective

   Synonyms:
   dark, gloomy, obscure, dim, cloudy, clouded, dusky, lurid, overcast, lowering

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1. murkyadjective

   Synonyms:
   lowering, dark

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1. List of paraphrases for "murky":

   shady, dark, opaque, obscure, gloomy, bleak, dubious, equivocal, dodgy

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How to use murky in a sentence?

1. Hal Rogers:

   At this point, it’s a dream, it’s too murky at the moment. It will be tough to pass these bills.

2. 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.

3. Marie Snodgrass:

   There’s a lot of misconceptions about open water versus swimming pools. There are definitely hidden dangers in open water that people don’t think about, even in a pond. It’s murky, it’s not clear, it’s hard to see how deep it is.

4. 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.

5. 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.