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Synonyms for murky

  • adjective

Most common

cloudy shadowy hazy turbid

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Adjective

1. Dark — dark, dim, gloomy

dark, cloudy, turbid, hazy, obscure, gloomy, muddy, dim, shadowy, black, clouded, opaque, somber US, sombre UK, ambiguous, vague, indistinct, fuzzy, dusky, overcast, sooty, lowering, tenebrous formal

Antonyms

clear, alight

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Dark, dim, gloomy.

Related words

Word family
murkily murkiness murk

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Murky, Dark, Obscure or Gloomy?

Murky is said of that which is at once dark, obscure, and gloomy; as, a murky den; a murky sky.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • cloudy I especially like cloudy skies, why? I don't know.
  • shadowy Kalman saw a shadowy figure lurking in the dark.
  • hazy She felt weary and the world seemed a little hazy.
  • turbid The pond’s turbid water hid the lurking fish.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
murkyrising
cloudysteady
shadowyrising
hazyrising
turbidfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
dim1
4 letters
dark1, hazy2
5 letters
black1, vague1, muddy2, fuzzy2, dusky, sooty2
6 letters
cloudy2, gloomy2, opaque2, somber2, sombre, turbid2
7 letters
obscure2, shadowy3, clouded2
8 letters
lowering3, overcast3
9 letters
ambiguous4, tenebrous3
10 letters
indistinct3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hazy2 = 2 syllables).