1
[ adjective ] (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment

Examples

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

Used in print

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

It may seem to some of them that success can be purchased much less dearly by fishing in the murky waters of international politics than by facing_up to the intractable tasks at_home .

Related terms

opaque

2
[ adjective ] so shaded as to be dark or gloomy

Synonyms

mirky

Examples

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

Related terms

shaded

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