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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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 13 June 2026
Where the Cycle-Syncing Science Gets Complicated The picture gets murkier from there.
—Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
With the murky rights issues that have befallen many ’90s indies cleared up, the film is ready to be rediscovered by a new generation.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
This is where the waters get a little murky.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2026
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“Murky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murky. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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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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