murk

murk

noun \ˈmərk\

Definition of MURK

: gloom, darkness; also : fog

— murk adjective, archaic

Examples of MURK

1. We could not see the bottom of the lake through the murk.
2. <a robber lying unseen in the murk>

Origin of MURK

Middle English mirke, probably from Old Norse myrkr darkness; akin to Old English mirce gloom

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to MURK

Synonyms

black, blackness, candlelight, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, dark, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbra

Antonyms

blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness

Related Words

midnight; blackout, brownout, dimout; shadiness, umbrage; dullness (also dulness), somberness; cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness; dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness; half-light

Near Antonyms

moonlight, starlight, sunlight; effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine; incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness

Rhymes with MURK

burke, Burke, chirk, cirque, clerk, dirk, irk, jerk, kirk, lurk, perk, quirk, shirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work, yerk, zerk