Murky
adjective
Dark and difficult to see or understand clearly.
The water in the pond was murky after the rain.
Often appears as...
- murky water
- murky light
adjective
Complicated and difficult to understand or explain.
The details of the business deal were murky and hard to understand.
Often appears as...
- murky details
- murky past
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Disapproving
adjective
Dishonest or immoral.
There were murky dealings going on behind the scene.
Often appears as...
- murky dealings
- murky underworld
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Dark and difficult to see or understand clearly.
The water in the pond was murky after the rain.
Often appears as...
- murky water
- murky light
adjective
Complicated and difficult to understand or explain.
The details of the business deal were murky and hard to understand.
Often appears as...
- murky details
- murky past
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Dishonest or immoral.
There were murky dealings going on behind the scene.
Often appears as...
- murky dealings
- murky underworld
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Image
Use 'murky' to describe a scene where things aren’t visually clear, often due to poor lighting or sediment.
As night fell, the forest became a murky maze of shadows.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Murky' can also figuratively suggest something that's hard to comprehend, like abstract concepts.
His explanation was as murky as a fogged window.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Atmosphere
'Murky' can convey a sense of unease or foreboding in an environment.
The old house had a murky aura that gave them goosebumps.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Image
Use 'murky' to describe a scene where things aren’t visually clear, often due to poor lighting or sediment.
As night fell, the forest became a murky maze of shadows.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Murky' can also figuratively suggest something that's hard to comprehend, like abstract concepts.
His explanation was as murky as a fogged window.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Atmosphere
'Murky' can convey a sense of unease or foreboding in an environment.
The old house had a murky aura that gave them goosebumps.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Image
Use 'murky' to describe a scene where things aren’t visually clear, often due to poor lighting or sediment.
As night fell, the forest became a murky maze of shadows.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Murky' can also figuratively suggest something that's hard to comprehend, like abstract concepts.
His explanation was as murky as a fogged window.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Atmosphere
'Murky' can convey a sense of unease or foreboding in an environment.
The old house had a murky aura that gave them goosebumps.
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Could we speak the...
what are they talking about? So decades ago, not years ago, I set out to find a place in the world where I could observe dolphins underwater to try to crack the code of their communication system. Now in most parts of the world, the water's pretty murky, so it's very hard to observe animals underwater,
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The ethical dilemma of...
their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make. It's tempting to offer up general decision-making principles, like minimize harm, but even that quickly leads to morally murky decisions. For example,
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How to write like the...
This approach kept information murky and disoriented even the sharpest readers. However, there’s an important balance to strike between being clever and being confusing. Nobody wants to read a predictable mystery, but if things get too convoluted you can lose your reader altogether.
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What makes a language......
Each has its own unique history and characteristic pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical structures. But the dividing line between varieties is murky. Human language, in all its cross-pollinating, ever-evolving glory, naturally resists the impulse to sort it into neat buckets.
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Piranha Feeding Frenzy...
with the underwater camera wired to a monitor on the boat Charlie can get an otters eye view of the murky world beneath him the piranhas acute sense of smell helps them detect the meat almost immediately what fascinates Charlie
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Pulling back the curtain...
but yes in theory it's easier if it is in your own country under your own laws when we look at these negotiations from the outside it looks a bit like sorry for the world but a bit of a murky business you know Goldman Sachs is
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Sophisticated Mountain...
as for most animals that play the activity strengthens physical abilities runs important survival skills and is really really good fun mucking about in the murky depths all day leave an auto rather filthy so they
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Otters Have a Favourite...
whiskers to help them navigate in the murky river networks a diet of crustaceans and molluscs as well as the occasional insect and amphibian keep them full of energy and they have bags of personality
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Vicious Piranha Moments...
a chunk of meat to an underwater camera with the underwater camera wired to a monitor on the boat charlie can get an otter's eye view of the murky world beneath him
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Sharks 101 PIPE National...
from the ocean's murky depths to it's sun-kissed shallows, rousing fear and awe like no other creature in the sea. The world's biggest living fish is a shark.
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Could we speak the...
what are they talking about? So decades ago, not years ago, I set out to find a place in the world where I could observe dolphins underwater to try to crack the code of their communication system. Now in most parts of the world, the water's pretty murky, so it's very hard to observe animals underwater,
Video examples
The ethical dilemma of...
their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make. It's tempting to offer up general decision-making principles, like minimize harm, but even that quickly leads to morally murky decisions. For example,
Video examples
How to write like the...
This approach kept information murky and disoriented even the sharpest readers. However, there’s an important balance to strike between being clever and being confusing. Nobody wants to read a predictable mystery, but if things get too convoluted you can lose your reader altogether.
Video examples
What makes a language......
Each has its own unique history and characteristic pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical structures. But the dividing line between varieties is murky. Human language, in all its cross-pollinating, ever-evolving glory, naturally resists the impulse to sort it into neat buckets.
Video examples
Piranha Feeding Frenzy...
with the underwater camera wired to a monitor on the boat Charlie can get an otters eye view of the murky world beneath him the piranhas acute sense of smell helps them detect the meat almost immediately what fascinates Charlie
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
but yes in theory it's easier if it is in your own country under your own laws when we look at these negotiations from the outside it looks a bit like sorry for the world but a bit of a murky business you know Goldman Sachs is
Video examples
Sophisticated Mountain...
as for most animals that play the activity strengthens physical abilities runs important survival skills and is really really good fun mucking about in the murky depths all day leave an auto rather filthy so they
Video examples
Otters Have a Favourite...
whiskers to help them navigate in the murky river networks a diet of crustaceans and molluscs as well as the occasional insect and amphibian keep them full of energy and they have bags of personality
Video examples
Vicious Piranha Moments...
a chunk of meat to an underwater camera with the underwater camera wired to a monitor on the boat charlie can get an otter's eye view of the murky world beneath him
Video examples
Sharks 101 PIPE National...
from the ocean's murky depths to it's sun-kissed shallows, rousing fear and awe like no other creature in the sea. The world's biggest living fish is a shark.
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Hunter Schafer
American Model
I would say runway is easier because your job is to look good or play a character that is just going somewhere. It's rather physical, whereas acting is terrifying because you're dealing with your subconscious, and those can be murky waters. But I definitely can say that I enjoy acting more as an artist.
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Jeremy Wade
The thing about the oceans is there is the benefit of water clarity. You can see what's going on there, but a lot of fresh water is murky. You just can't see what's there and I think, for that reason, rivers haven't featured so much on wildlife TV.
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Billy Crystal
American Comedian
In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky.
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Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
If a woman comes out saying she has been abused or assaulted, we should not start finding flaws in her character or try to dig up her past for murky details.
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Tanya Saracho
Mexican Playwright
I feel like progress will be made in the landscape of Latino influence when we get to tell those murky, real, close-to-life narratives.
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Angus Deaton
British Economist
It's a murky world out there, and it's hard to figure things out sometimes.
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John Hillcoat
Australian Director
It's the murkiness of humanity that I find endlessly fascinating.
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Gurpreet Ghuggi
Indian Actor
Present day politics is getting murkier by the day.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
So much of the agenda behind Brexit has been murky.
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Theo Rossi
American Actor
Sons of Anarchy' is always murky.
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Hunter Schafer
American Model
I would say runway is easier because your job is to look good or play a character that is just going somewhere. It's rather physical, whereas acting is terrifying because you're dealing with your subconscious, and those can be murky waters. But I definitely can say that I enjoy acting more as an artist.
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Jeremy Wade
The thing about the oceans is there is the benefit of water clarity. You can see what's going on there, but a lot of fresh water is murky. You just can't see what's there and I think, for that reason, rivers haven't featured so much on wildlife TV.
Quote examples
Billy Crystal
American Comedian
In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky.
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Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
If a woman comes out saying she has been abused or assaulted, we should not start finding flaws in her character or try to dig up her past for murky details.
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Tanya Saracho
Mexican Playwright
I feel like progress will be made in the landscape of Latino influence when we get to tell those murky, real, close-to-life narratives.
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Angus Deaton
British Economist
It's a murky world out there, and it's hard to figure things out sometimes.
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John Hillcoat
Australian Director
It's the murkiness of humanity that I find endlessly fascinating.
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Gurpreet Ghuggi
Indian Actor
Present day politics is getting murkier by the day.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
So much of the agenda behind Brexit has been murky.
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Theo Rossi
American Actor
Sons of Anarchy' is always murky.
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