Murky

  • 21murky — murk•y [[t]ˈmɜr ki[/t]] adj. murk•i•er, murk•i•est 1) dark, gloomy, and cheerless 2) obscure or thick, as with mist 3) cvb vague; unclear: a murky statement[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50 murk′i•ly, adv. murk′i•ness, n …

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  • 22murky —  1. Containing discreditable or sinister secrets.  2. murky past Unsavoury past life (usu. facet.) …

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  • 23murky — adj. (also mirky) ( ier, iest) 1 dark, gloomy. 2 (of darkness) thick, dirty. 3 suspiciously obscure (murky past). Derivatives: murkily adv. murkiness n …

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  • 24Murky Depths — Editor Terry Martin (publisher) Categories Science fiction/horror anthology magazine Frequency Quarterly …

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  • 25murky waters — Where people are behaving in morally and ethically questionable ways, they are in murky waters …

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  • 26murky waters —    Where people are behaving in morally and ethically questionable ways, they are in murky waters.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 27murky — adjective a) Hard to see through, as a fog or mist. b) Gloomy, dark, dim. Syn: dark See Also: murk, murkily, murkiness …

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  • 28murky — Synonyms and related words: ambiguous, amorphous, amphibological, besmirched, black, blackened, bleak, blind, blotchy, caliginous, clear as mud, clouded, cloudy, dark, dark colored, darkened, darkish, darksome, dim, dimmish, dimpsy, dingy, dirty …

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  • 29murky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dark, gloomy; obscure, hazy. See obscurity, darkness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dark] Syn. dim, dusky, dingy; see dark 1 , dirty 1 . 2. [Gloomy] Syn. cheerless, dismal, somber; see sad 1 . 3.… …

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  • 30murky — murk·y || mÉœrkɪ / mɜːkɪ adj. dark; foggy; gloomy …

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