MURKY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MURKY?

Need another word that means the same as “murky”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “murky” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Murky” are: mirky, cloudy, muddy, turbid, dark, gloomy, grey, leaden, dull, dim, overcast, clouded, sunless, foggy, misty, dismal, dreary, bleak, threatening, cheerless, depressing, shadowy, sombre, dirty, opaque, questionable, suspicious, suspect, dubious, mysterious, secret

Murky as an Adjective

Definitions of "Murky" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “murky” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Obscure or morally questionable.
• (of liquid) dark and dirty; not clear.
• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment.
• Clouded as with sediment.
• Dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.
• Dark or gloomy.

Synonyms of "Murky" as an adjective (31 Words)

bleak	Offering little or no hope- J.M.Synge. The future looks bleak.
cheerless	Gloomy; depressing. The corridors were ill lit and cheerless.
clouded	Mentally disordered. A mind clouded by sorrow.
cloudy	Uncertain; unclear. A cloudy liquid.
dark	Used of color having a dark hue. So many dark deeds had been committed.
depressing	Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy. The economic outlook is depressing.
dim	Made dim or less bright. A dim figure in the dark kitchen.
dismal	Causing a mood of gloom or depression. The dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening.
dreary	Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive. The dreary round of working eating and trying to sleep.
dubious	Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. Dubious about agreeing to go.
dull	(of a person) slow to understand; stupid. Shares closed weaker after a day of dull trading.
foggy	Unable to think clearly; confused. She was foggy with sleep.
gloomy	Causing dejection. Gloomy forecasts about the economy.
grey	Showing characteristics of age especially having grey or white hair. She s getting on a bit and going grey.
leaden	Made heavy or weighted down with weariness. Leaden steps.
mirky	(of liquids) clouded as with sediment.
misty	Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist. It was their last night and Ruth turned her misty eyes to Fernando.
muddy	Clouded as with sediment. Muddy boots.
mysterious	Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify. In its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life.
opaque	Not able to be seen through; not transparent. Technical jargon that was opaque to her.
overcast	(of the sky or weather) marked by a covering of grey cloud; dull. A chilly overcast day.
questionable	Subject to question. A questionable reputation.
secret	Given in confidence or in secret. A secret formula.
shadowy	Insubstantial; unreal. Dim shadowy forms.
sombre	Dark or dull in colour or tone. The night skies were sombre and starless.
sunless	Filled or abounding with clouds. A sunless winter day.
suspect	Not as expected. A suspect package was found on the platform.
suspicious	Having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something. Police were called when staff became suspicious.
threatening	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Black threatening clouds.
turbid	(of liquids) clouded as with sediment. The turbid estuary.

Usage Examples of "Murky" as an adjective

• The murky silt of a muddy pond.
• Murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps.
• A government minister with a murky past.
• The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling.
• Murky waters.
• A murky dungeon.

Associations of "Murky" (30 Words)

blur	Make unclear indistinct or blurred. It happened so fast it was just a blur.
blurred	Unable to see or be seen clearly. Blurred vision.
blurry	Unable to perceive clear or sharp images. Their eyes were blurry with tears.
cloud	Billow up in the form of a cloud. The dark clouds of a major recession.
cloudy	Lacking definite form or limits. The pond water is slightly cloudy.
dim	Become dim or lusterless. The dim drone of their voices.
dusky	Used in names of animals with dark coloration e g dusky dolphin dusky warbler. A dusky Moorish maiden.
faint	Feeling weak and dizzy and close to losing consciousness. The faint light of a distant candle.
fog	Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground. The coffee helped clear the fog in my brain.
foggy	Full of or characterized by fog. She was foggy with sleep.
hazy	Indistinct or hazy in outline. The picture we have of him is extremely hazy.
humid	Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere. Humid air.
inconspicuous	Not clearly visible or attracting attention. He pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole.
indistinct	Not clear or sharply defined. An indistinct memory.
lightproof	Able to block out light completely. A lightproof envelope.
lowering	The action of making or becoming less in amount, intensity, or degree. Several objections to the lowering of the minimum age to 18 had been heard.
mist	Become covered with mist. A mist rose out of the river.
misty	(of a colour) not bright; soft. A misty pink.
murkiness	The quality of being cloudy.
nebulous	Lacking definite form or limits. Nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
opaque	A substance for producing opaque areas on negatives. Opaque windows of the jail.
overcast	Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next. Overcast books.
rainy	(of weather) wet by periods of rain. Rainy days.
shadowy	Full of shadows. A long shadowy cobbled passage.
translucent	Allowing light to pass through diffusely. Her beautiful translucent skin.
turbid	(of liquids) clouded as with sediment. The turbid estuary.
unclear	Not easy to see, hear, or understand. Users are still unclear about what middleware does.
undifferentiated	Not differentiated. By six weeks the sexual glands are as yet undifferentiated between male and female.
unintelligible	Impossible to understand. Dolphin sounds are unintelligible to humans.
vague	Thinking or communicating in an unfocused or imprecise way. Saw a vague outline of a building through the fog.