Murky
['mɜːkɪ] or ['mɝki]
Definition
(adj.) dark or gloomy; 'a murky dungeon'; 'murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps' .
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Definition
(superl.) Dark; obscure; gloomy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Dark, gloomy, obscure, dim, cloudy, clouded, dusky, lurid, overcast, lowering.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See MUGGY]
Typist: Rowland
Definition
adj. dark: obscure: gloomy.—adv. Murk′ily.—n. Murk′iness—(Shak.) Murk.—adjs. Murk′some Mirk′some (Spens.) darksome.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- A murky red and yellow sky, and a rising mist from the Seine, denoted the approach of darkness. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Holmes's cold, thin fingers closed round my wrist and led me forward down a long hall, until I dimly saw the murky fanlight over the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So saying, he unlocks his door, gropes his way into his murky rooms, lights his candles, and looks about him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If clothes are hung out on a damp, murky day they do not dry, because the air contains all the moisture it can hold, and the moisture in the clothes has no chance to evaporate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It shone out with dazzling brightness against the murky, starless sky. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Still, the long, long night seemed heavy and hopeless as ever, and no promise of day was in the murky sky. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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