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noun
The state or quality of being murky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being cloudy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cloudiness, muddiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opacity, opaqueness
Narrower terms: turbidity, turbidness, haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness
noun
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fog, fogginess, murk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: atmosphere, atmospheric state
Narrower terms: fug
History
From Middle English mirkines, equivalent to murky + -ness. Compare also Middle English mirkenes, merkenes (“darkness”).
