murk | Definition of murk

Synonyms and Antonyms of murk

1 a time or place of little or no light

a robber lying unseen in the murk

Synonyms of murk

black, blackness, candlelight, dark, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbra

Words Related to murk

blackout, brownout, dimout

shadiness, umbrage

dullness (also dulness), somberness

cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness

dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness

Near Antonyms of murk

moonlight, starlight, sunlight

effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine

incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness

Antonyms of murk

blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness

2 an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency

stuck outside in the murk and the rain

Synonyms of murk

brume, fog, gauze, haze, mist, reek, smog, soup

Words Related to murk

bank, cloud, fume, miasma, smoke, smother, steam