Antonyms for murky
ˈmɜr kimurky

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1. murkyadjective

   Synonyms:
   dark

2. murkyadjective

   Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.

   Synonyms:
   dark

3. murkyadjective

   Gloomy, dark, dim.

   Synonyms:
   dark

4. murkyadjective

   Obscure, indistinct, cloudy.

   Synonyms:
   dark

5. murkyadjective

   Dishonest, shady.

   Synonyms:
   dark

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1. murky

   Strictly, that which is black is absolutely destitute of color; that which is dark is absolutely destitute of light. In common speech, however, a coat is black, tho not optically colorless; the night is dark, tho the stars shine. That is obscure, shadowy, or shady from which the light is more or less cut off. Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black. Dim refers to imperfection of outline, from distance, darkness, mist, etc., or from some defect of vision. Opaque objects, as smoked glass, are impervious to light. Murky is said of that which is at once dark, obscure, and gloomy; as, a murky den; a murky sky. Figuratively, dark is emblematic of sadness, agreeing with somber, dismal, gloomy, also of moral evil; as, a dark deed. Of intellectual matters, dark is now rarely used in the old sense of a dark saying, etc. See MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE.

   Compare synonyms for LIGHT.

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white

   Synonyms:
   black, dark, dim, dismal, dusky, gloomy, mysterious, obscure, opaque, sable, shadowy, shady, somber, swart, swarthy

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1. cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbidadjective

   (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

   "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"

   Antonyms:
   clear, unshaded

   Synonyms:
   dingy, miry, waterlogged, nebulose, mucky, soggy, sloughy, sloppy, nebulous, marshy, dirty, cloudy, muddied, swampy, squashy, quaggy, muddy, boggy, mirky, turbid

2. murky, mirkyadjective

   dark or gloomy

   "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"

   Antonyms:
   clear, unshaded

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, mirky, turbid, muddy

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1. murkyadjective

   Synonyms:
   lowering, dark

How to use murky in a sentence?

1. Andrew Cooper:

   They give speeches, they've made money on their books, but also they have these kind of fixer roles that get a bit murky and a bit blurry in terms of their roles, they know how governments work, they know such a wide variety of people, and yet they're released from those types of concerns, and they can operate in this freelance entrepreneurial way around the world without very many barriers.

2. Dusty Johnson:

   I think the path forward looks incredibly murky. I wouldn't even try to hazard a guess, what we know is that the ‘Squad,’ these folks are legislative terrorists, they love to take hostages.

3. Graz Professor Thomas Schmikl:

   Seeing those murky waters, I always wondered how it would look from underneath the surface. So it is also a bit of a wish that I had as a child that I can now fulfill.

4. Condoleezza Rice:

   The call is murky, it is really murky. I don't like for the president of the United States to mention an American citizen for investigation to a foreign leader. I think that is out of bounds.

5. Wilhelm Schulz:

   The macro-economic outlook is murky, it's not just because of Brexit or trade tensions. The main reason why people are sitting on the sidelines is the slowdown in global growth.

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