MURK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

fog; fogginess; murk; murkiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("murk" is a kind of...):

atmosphere; atmospheric state (the weather or climate at some place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "murk"):

fug ((British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere)

Derivation:

murk (make dark, dim, or gloomy)

murky (dark or gloomy)

murky ((of liquids) clouded as with sediment)

Meaning:

Make dark, dim, or gloomy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "murk" is one way to...):

darken (make dark or darker)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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