murky
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈmɜrki/
:
turbio
- Then they go over the murky water before the boat has landed on the far side.
- murky water
- remain murky
That familiarity can mean that you find yourself in the same murky river that you grew up in.
- That familiarity can mean that you find yourself in the same murky river that you grew up in.
- You go and Oprah says just dive in and you get to the pool and it's green and it's murky and you can't see the bottom.
- Rye Harbour, a murky shelving sea recedes green on the pitch, lavender in grey.
Examples
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"Good heavens," he said, breaking from her grasp and taking in their murky surroundings.
Fiction book (1995) -
The river was indeed as black and murky as old engine oil.
Fiction book (1995) -
Because the water is often murky, the bottom is not visible.
Academic text (2002) -
That familiarity can mean that you find yourself in the same murky river that you grew up in.
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The Dude, standing in the middle of the loft, looks into the murky depths of the cavernous space.
Fiction book (1998) -
I stopped and leaned on the bridge rail, staring into the murky waters of the Platte.
Fiction book (1995) -
The water was not clear; it was green-gray, murky, sun-slashed, and filled with tiny bubbles like storm water.
Fiction book (1990) -
And this afternoon, Lane was found in 6 feet of murky water, 15 feet from the shore.
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About five miles later, the priests stopped beside a pool of murky water in a park.
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The train plunged off a damaged bridge into the murky waters of an Alabama bayou.
Synonyms
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1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
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2.3
Liquid that is not clear and has small particles
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3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
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8.1
A liquid that is cloudy because small pieces float in it
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4.9
Containing fine, soft mud left by water
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3.7
Covered all over with dirt or mud
Antonyms
Compounds
How Murky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Murky comes from the old word murk, which means 'dark' or 'cloudy' and makes you picture water full of dirt you cannot see through. That's why murky is used for liquids that are dark, dirty, or full of sediment.