murkiness
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murk·y
(mûr′kē)adj. murk·i·er, murk·i·est
1. Dark or dim, as from mist: a murky sky. See Synonyms at dark.
2. Darkened, clouded, or blurry: murky waters; murky images.
3. Not clearly known, understood, or expressed: a murky future; the murky world of spies; murky writing.
murk′i·ly adv.
murk′i·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | murkiness - an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance atmospheric state, atmosphere - the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog" fug - (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere |
2. | murkiness - the quality of being cloudy opaqueness, opacity - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light turbidity, turbidness - muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness, haziness - cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor |
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murkiness
[ˈmɜːkɪnɪs ˈmɜːkɪ] N (= darkness) → oscuridad f (fig) → lo turbio, tenebrosidad f; [of water, river] → lo turbioCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
murkiness
n
(= gloominess) → Trübheit f; (of room, street, sky) → Düsterheit f; (of night) → Finsternis f, → Dunkelheit f
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