murky (comparative murkier, superlative murkiest)

1. Hard to see through, as a fog#Noun|fog or mist#Noun|mist.
   • 1837, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “The Streets by Night”, in Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. The Second Series, 2nd edition, London: John Macrone, […], OCLC 905901972 ↗, page 19 ↗:

     The Streets of London, to be beheld in the very height of their glory, should be seen on a dark, dull, murky, winter's night, when there is just enough damp gently stealing down to make the pavement greasy without cleansing it of any of its impurities, {{...}

2. dark#Adjective|Dark, dim#Adjective|dim, gloomy.
   • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i], page 14 ↗:

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3. Cloudy, indistinct, obscure#Adjective|obscure.
4. Dishonest, shady.

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• murk
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• French: sombre, trouble
• German: düster, trüb
• Russian: му́тный

• Russian: тёмный