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English Dictionary: murky by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
murky
adj
  1. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
    Synonym(s): cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid
  2. dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke- blackened lamps"
    Synonym(s): murky, mirky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Murky \Murk"y\, a. [Compar. {Murkier}; superl. {Murkiest}.] [OE.
      mirke, merke, AS. myrce, mirce; akin to Icel. myrkr, Dan. &
      Sw. m[94]rk.]
      Dark; obscure; gloomy. [bd]The murkiest den.[b8] --Shak.
  
               A murky deep lowering o'er our heads.      --Addison.
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