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Definition of Murkiness
1. Noun. An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance.
Generic synonyms: Atmosphere, Atmospheric State
Specialized synonyms: Fug
Derivative terms: Fog, Foggy, Foggy, Murk, Murky, Murky, Murky
2. Noun. The quality of being cloudy.
Generic synonyms: Opacity, Opaqueness
Specialized synonyms: Turbidity, Turbidness, Haziness, Mistiness, Steaminess, Vaporousness, Vapourousness
Derivative terms: Cloudy, Cloudy, Muddy, Muddy, Murky
Definition of Murkiness
1. n. The state of being murky.
Definition of Murkiness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being murky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Murkiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Murkiness
Literary usage of Murkiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Nay, is it not rather the very murkiness, and atmospheric suffocation, that brings
the lightning and the light ? The new Evangel, as the old had been, ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Nay is it not rather the very murkiness, and atmospheric suffocation, that brings
the lightning and the light ? ..."
3. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"How has the Heaven's light, oftentimes in this Earth, to clothe itself in thunder
and electric murkiness; and descend as molten lightning, blasting, ..."
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