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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mur-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr ki



Definition of murkiness

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from murk + -y (2). Rare before 17c. Related: Murkily; murkiness.
  • noun dark
Example sentences :
  • All the murkiness, all the shame through which he had passed in Paris horrified him.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Will's devotion to me was the only ray of light in the murkiness of my spirit.
  • Extract from : « My Actor-Husband » by Anonymous
  • After our past week of glorious sunshine, this return to murkiness is far from pleasing.
  • Extract from : « Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack » by Elisha Kent Kane
  • Once more the tug took form, and the deck of the scow was revealed to the girl in all its murkiness.
  • Extract from : « From the Valley of the Missing » by Grace Miller White
  • They went outside to allow the murkiness to settle in the cabin, and Rick consulted his watch.
  • Extract from : « The Wailing Octopus » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Paris is bright and warm and sunny, and contrasts incredibly with the murkiness of London.
  • Extract from : « The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton » by Mrs. Russell Barrington
  • This had for a time been stirred into some degree of murkiness by the feet of those who pressed curiously about the sampan.
  • Extract from : « The Red Miriok » by Anna M. Barnes
  • And Nina, with her murkiness, was manifestly in love with this spiritual, this mystical young man.
  • Extract from : « The Creators » by May Sinclair
  • In his supersensual way he had cared for her; and her nature, with all its murkiness, had responded to the supersensual appeal.
  • Extract from : « The Creators » by May Sinclair
  • One gained an idea, opportunity rare in these days, of the murkiness amid which our grandfathers dwelt.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume XVII, February 1899, No. 98. » by Various

Synonyms for murkiness

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