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What is the adjective for murking?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb murk which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

murky
  1. Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
  2. Gloomy, dark, dim.
  3. Obscure, indistinct, cloudy.
  4. Dishonest, shady.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. dark, dim, black, caliginous, crepuscular, darkened, lightless, dusky, impenetrable, nebulous, shadowy, darkish, dimmed, pitchy, bleak, darkling, darksome, obscure, obscured, stygian, unlit, pitch-black, pitch-dark, gloomy, tenebrous, tenebrific, somber, sombre, rayless, dusk, unilluminated, Stygian, dingy, Cimmerian, shady, unlighted, poorly lit, inky, sunless, misty, dreary, badly lit, jet black, ill-lit, moonless, jet-black, sable, drab, funereal, overcast … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “And there I was, stranded in those Cretaceous foothills, with afternoon all too quickly growing into murky evening.”
      “The murky sky above threatened rain as we continued our trek.”
      “The secrets of this murky underworld are revealed here, for the first time, in a transcript of a secret telephone conversation.”
murksome
  1. Suggestive or indicative of murk; darksome.
murk
  1. Dark, murky
murkier
  1. comparative form of murky: more murky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darker, dimmer, blacker, duskier, shadowier, pitchier, bleaker, obscurer, more caliginous, more crepuscular, more nebulous, more darkish, more darkling, more darksome, more stygian, more unlit, more pitch-black, gloomier, more tenebrous, more tenebrific, somberer, sombrer, dusker, more Stygian, dingier, shadier, inkier, more sunless, mistier, drearier, more sable, more jet-black, drabber, more funereal, more ebony, more overcast, greyer, more nubilous, austerer, more shaded, more ebon, duller, grayer, more Tartarean, sootier, more umbrageous, jettier, more opaque, more dismal, more cimmerian … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In deeper, murkier pools, such as that where I overturn and become marooned with a seven foot freshy, dwell crocodiles awaiting their next meal.”
      “She insists that the whole corporate system is rotten and even murkier crimes are committed in the financial world every day.”
      “In the US, which never embraced the tenets of post-war social democracy anyway, the idea of a third way is even murkier than in Britain.”
murkiest
  1. superlative form of murky: most murky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darkest, dimmest, blackest, duskiest, shadowiest, pitchiest, bleakest, obscurest, most caliginous, most crepuscular, most nebulous, most darkish, most darkling, most darksome, most stygian, most unlit, most pitch-black, gloomiest, most tenebrous, most tenebrific, somberest, sombrest, duskest, most Stygian, dingiest, shadiest, inkiest, most sunless, mistiest, dreariest, most sable, most jet-black, drabbest, most funereal, most ebony, most overcast, greyest, most nubilous, austerest, most shaded, most ebon, dullest, grayest, most Tartarean, sootiest, most umbrageous, jettiest, most opaque, most dismal, most cimmerian … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He wanted to reform the ministry, and cast light into its murkiest corners.”
      “From the earliest, murkiest times, Mr Taylor describes Berlin's cultural and intellectual life with a scholar's knowledge and a writer's eye.”
      “Until someone has the courage and the equipment to intervene decisively on a large scale, Somalia will remain the world's murkiest failed state, with ordinary Somalis trapped in their misery.”
murkest
  1. superlative form of murk: most murk
murked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of murk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darkened, shrouded, clouded, shadowed, obscured, dimmed, overshadowed, beclouded, fogged, bedimmed, misted, befogged, overcast, hazed, blurred, overclouded, bleared, dislimned, eclipsed, obfuscated, grayed, greyed, loured, deepened, clouded over, fuzzed up, grew dim, grown dim, made dim, clouded up, cast a shadow, shaded, cast a shadow over, blackened, veiled, adumbrated, blotted out, filmed, put out of sight, muddied, dulled, hid, screened, become shaded, masked, concealed, cloaked, obstructed, covered, enshrouded … more
murking
  1. present participle of murk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darkening, shrouding, clouding, shadowing, obscuring, dimming, overshadowing, beclouding, fogging, bedimming, misting, befogging, overcasting, hazing, blurring, overclouding, blearing, dislimning, eclipsing, obfuscating, graying, greying, louring, deepening, clouding over, fuzzing up, growing dim, making dim, clouding up, casting a shadow, shading, blackening, veiling, casting a shadow over, adumbrating, blotting out, filming, muddying, dulling, growing dark, becoming shaded, showering, blacking out, making dark, making darker, hiding, screening, concealing, cloaking, masking … more
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