murk
noun
ˈmərk 
: gloom, darkness
also : fog
murk adjective archaic
Synonyms
- black
- blackness
- candlelight
- dark
- darkness
- dusk
- gloaming
- gloom
- night
- semidarkness
- shade
- shadows
- twilight
- umbra
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Example Sentences
We could not see the bottom of the lake through the murk. a robber lying unseen in the murk
Word History
Etymology
Middle English mirke, probably from Old Norse myrkr darkness; akin to Old English mirce gloom
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
murk
noun
ˈmərk
: darkness or fog that is hard to see through
murks
noun
as in hazes
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency stuck outside in the murk and the rain Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hazes
- fogs
- clouds
- mists
- reeks
- brumes
- gauzes
- smogs
- miasmas
- steams
- soups
- smothers
- fumes
- smokes
- miasmata
- banks