murky

adjective

\ ˈmər-kē

murkier; murkiest

Definition of murky

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 : characterized by thickness and heaviness of air : foggy, misty rain poured down from murky skies — Newsweek

3 : darkly vague or obscure murky official rhetoric He offered a murky explanation.

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She peered into one of the church's murky chapels. a politician with a murky past

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