murkier; murkiest
1
: characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
the murky bottom of the lake
2
3
: darkly vague or obscure
murky official rhetoric
He offered a murky explanation.
Examples of murky in a Sentence
She peered into one of the church's murky chapels.
a politician with a murky past
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The Ceballos empire overlaps with another intriguing figure in the murky world of Latin American finance, Diego Marynburg.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
But when the two leading figures behind the coup – RSF chief Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in charge of the SAF – began fighting each other, the foreign powers had to choose whom to support – and their involvement became even murkier.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Making matters murkier, Panama’s own government officials filed a lawsuit challenging Hutchison’s recent contract extension to operate the ports.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Murky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murky. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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murky
adjective
murkier; murkiest
1
: very dark or gloomy
2
3
: difficult to understand
a murky reply designed to confuse
murkiness
noun
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