murky
/ˈməːki/
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American sound/ˈməːki/
murky
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- Final y vowel sound
mur - ky -> murky
Myanmar meaning
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murk /mɜ:k/ n [U]
အမှောင်။ peering through the murk.
❏ murky adj (-ier, -iest)
၁။ မှောင်မိုက်သော။ မှုန်ဝါးသော။ a murky night, with no moon ❍ thick, murky fog ❍ The light was too murky to continue playing.
၂။ ညစ်ပတ် သော။ နောက်သော။ the river's murky depths.
၃။ (derog or joc ) မရှင်းသော (နောက်ကြောင်း)။ She had a decidedly murky past.
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- murk /mɜ:k/ n [U] အမှောင်။ peering through the murk. ❏ murky adj (-ier, -iest) ၁။ မှောင်မိုက်သော။ မှုန်ဝါးသော။ a murky night, with no moon
- thick, murky fog
- The light was too murky to continue playing. ၂။ ညစ်ပတ် သော။ နောက်သော။ the river's murky depths. ၃။ ( derog or joc ) မရှင်းသော (နောက်ကြောင်း)။ She had a decidedly murky past.
Synonyms
gloom, darkness, shadows, dark, dimness, shade, befog, blinded, blinding, blot out, blotted out, blotting out, cloud over, cloud the issue, cloud up, clouded over, cover up, covered up, covering up, darken, dusk, eclipse, grayed, graying, hazing, make dim, mist, mizzle, mizzling, muddied, muddy the waters, muddying, murkiness, obscure, obscurity, overcloud, overclouded, shrouded, steamed, throw up smoke screen
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