Pronunciation: /mɜrk/
noun a state of darkness, gloom, or obscurity
A1 The room was filled with murk, making it difficult to see.
A2 She was scared to walk through the murk of the forest at night.
B1 The detective used a flashlight to navigate through the murk of the abandoned warehouse.
B2 The murk of the swamp concealed the movements of the mysterious creature.
C1 The murk of politics can make it hard to discern the truth.
C2 The artist used shades of gray to create a sense of murk in his painting.
verb to make dark, gloomy, or obscure
A1 The room was so dark that I couldn't see anything, it was all murk.
A2 She tried to murk the water by adding some dye to it.
B1 The fog began to murk the view of the mountains in the distance.
B2 The scandalous rumors were meant to murk his reputation in the eyes of the public.
C1 The political campaign was filled with attempts to murk the truth and deceive the voters.
C2 The complex financial scheme was designed to murk the trail of illegal funds and confuse investigators.
formal The murky water made it difficult to see the bottom of the lake.
informal I can't see anything in this murk, it's so dark!
slang The party was in the murk last night, it was wild!
figurative The investigation into the scandal was shrouded in murk, making it hard to uncover the truth.
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