单词	murkiness
释义	murky adjective ˈmər-kē  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 : 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. murkily ˈmər-kə-lē  adverb murkiness ˈmər-kē-nəs  noun Synonyms black caliginous dark darkened darkish darkling darksome dim dimmed dusk dusky gloomy lightless obscure obscured pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy rayless somber sombre stygian tenebrific tenebrous unlit See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She peered into one of the church's murky chapels. a politician with a murky past Recent Examples on the Web Desperate locals have dug 60 feet down into a dry river bed in search of water, passing the murky mix up in a bucket brigade to a trough where herders wait with thirsty cattle. Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 The complex tapestry — the competing missions, the murky motivations — brings to mind a damning confession about the conflict made by General Douglas Lute, who oversaw the war operations under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022 The crown features thousands of diamonds, including the infamous 105-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond from India, which came into British hands and the Crown Jewels by murky means in the colonial era. Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 If the technical details seem murky to non-experts, the reputation risk of the bitcoin model is clear-cut, said Larry Newhook, CEO of Alpha Innovations, an asset management firm. Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz, 7 Sep. 2022 Thousands of dead fish are washing ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area as a harmful algal bloom—called a red tide—turns local waters a murky reddish-brown. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2022 And in an ethically murky turn, for those in the field who have begun to dabble in the corporate side of psychedelics, hyping up findings has become of obvious interest. WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022 The recently red-brown, murky shores of Lake Merritt in Oakland have been linked to the largest algae bloom in the region's recent history, officials said. Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2022 Like many beloved food items, the exact origin of churros is more than murky. Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing murky murky waters murky waters Kids Definition murky adjective ˈmər-kē  murkier; murkiest 1 : very dark or foggy murky skies 2 : cloudy sense 2 murky water 3 : not clearly expressed or understood The details were murky and vague. Lois Lowry, The Giver murkiness noun as in ambiguity the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning we had trouble understanding the passage because of its murkiness Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ambiguity ambiguousness mysteriousness uncertainty opaqueness nebulousness mystery complexity opacity darkness nebulosity obliqueness inscrutability obscurity haziness vagueness equivocation obliquity mistiness dimness indistinctness fuzziness cloudiness fogginess depth indefiniteness equivocalness incomprehensibility impenetrability inscrutableness faintness obtuseness indirectness deepness profoundness abstruseness difficulty complication circuity shadow reconditeness incomprehensibleness circuitousness shade abstrusity Antonyms & Near Antonyms clarity clearness obviousness brightness certainty legibility intelligibility comprehensibility plainness distinctness lucidity exactness definiteness openness visibility directness incisiveness explicitness forthrightness surety perspicuity incision straightforwardness palpability tangibility readability lucidness self-evidence obviousness perspicuousness readableness tangibleness See More
随便看	moralizes moralizing moralled moraller moralless morallest morallier moralliest moralling morally morally bankrupt morals morant hutch moras morass morass ore morasses morassy morat moratoria moratorium moratoriums morats Moratuwa morava

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