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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment;
- Example: "a cloudy liquid"
- Example: "muddy coffee"
- Example: "murky waters"
[syn: cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid]

2. dark or gloomy;
- Example: "a murky dungeon"
- Example: "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"
[syn: murky, mirky]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Murky \Murk"y\, a. [Compar. Murkier; superl. Murkiest.] [OE.
   mirke, merke, AS. myrce, mirce; akin to Icel. myrkr, Dan. &
   Sw. m["o]rk.]
   1. Dark; gloomy. "The murkiest den." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            A murky deep lowering o'er our heads. --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Obscured by haze or mist; clouded; turbid; as, poor
      visibility in the murky water.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

murky
    adj 1: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid";
           "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy,
           mirky, murky, turbid]
    2: dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-
       blackened lamps" [syn: murky, mirky]