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BNC: 11317 COCA: 9073
murkier; murkiest
1
: characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
the murky bottom of the lake
2
: characterized by thickness and heaviness of air : foggy, misty
rain poured down from murky skies Newsweek
3
: darkly vague or obscure
murky official rhetoric
He offered a murky explanation.
murkily adverb
murkiness noun

Example Sentences

She peered into one of the church's murky chapels. a politician with a murky past
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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of murky was in the 14th century

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