murk

1. 1.

   an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

   Synonymsfogfogginessmurkiness

   Broaderatmosphere

   Narrowerfug

1. 1.

   make dark, dim, or gloomy

   Broaderdarken

Other forms of murk

plural

murks·

past tense

murked·

present participle

murking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about murk

What does murk mean?

murk means "an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in murk?

murk has 1 syllable: murk. In IPA it is /ˈmɝk/.

What is another word for murk?

Close synonyms include fog, fogginess, murkiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is murk a common word?

murk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.