Murkiness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

the quality of being cloudy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɜːkinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɜːkinəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɜːkinəs/

3 syllables Say it as /mˈɜːkinəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fog fogginess cloudiness murk muddiness

Word Forms

foggy	adjective	obscured by fog
fog	verb	make less visible or unclear
murky	adjective	dark or gloomy
murk	verb	make dark, dim, or gloomy
cloudy	adjective	(of liquids) clouded as with sediment
muddy	adjective	(of liquids) clouded as with sediment

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Trübung

eine Atmosphäre, in der die Sicht aufgrund einer Substanzwolke eingeschränkt ist

🇫🇷French

obscurité

une atmosphère dans laquelle la visibilité est réduite à cause d'un nuage d'une certaine substance

🇪🇸Spanish

oscuridad

Atmósfera en la que la visibilidad se reduce debido a una nube de alguna sustancia.

🇮🇹Italian

oscurità

un'atmosfera in cui la visibilità è ridotta a causa di una nuvola di qualche sostanza

🇳🇱Dutch

duisternis

een atmosfeer waarin het zicht wordt verminderd vanwege een wolk van een bepaalde stof

🇵🇹Portuguese

escuridão

uma atmosfera em que a visibilidade é reduzida devido a uma nuvem de alguma substância

🇷🇺Russian

неясность

атмосфера, в которой видимость ограничена из-за облака какого-либо вещества

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अस्पष्टता

ऐसा वातावरण जिसमें किसी पदार्थ के बादल के कारण दृश्यता कम हो जाती है

🇧🇩Bengali

অস্পষ্টতা

একটি বায়ুমণ্ডল যেখানে কিছু পদার্থের মেঘের কারণে দৃশ্যমানতা হ্রাস পায়

🇮🇳Tamil

இருண்ட தன்மை

ஒரு வளிமண்டலம், அதில் ஏதோ ஒரு பொருளின் மேகம் காரணமாகத் தெரிவுநிலை குறைகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

మూర్ఖత్వం

కొన్ని పదార్ధాల మేఘం కారణంగా దృశ్యమానత తగ్గిన వాతావరణం

🇮🇳Marathi

अंधुकपणा

एक वातावरण ज्यामध्ये काही पदार्थाच्या ढगामुळे दृश्यमानता कमी होते

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂર્ખતા

વાતાવરણ કે જેમાં કેટલાક પદાર્થના વાદળને કારણે દૃશ્યતા ઓછી થાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೂರ್ಖತನ

ಕೆಲವು ವಸ್ತುವಿನ ಮೋಡದಿಂದಾಗಿ ಗೋಚರತೆ ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಗುವ ವಾತಾವರಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മന്ദബുദ്ധി

ചില പദാർത്ഥങ്ങളുടെ മേഘം കാരണം ദൃശ്യപരത കുറയുന്ന അന്തരീക്ഷം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧੁੰਦਲਾਪਨ

ਇੱਕ ਮਾਹੌਲ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸੇ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਦੇ ਬੱਦਲ ਕਾਰਨ ਦਿੱਖ ਘਟ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

دھندلاپن

ایک ایسا ماحول جس میں کسی مادے کے بادل کی وجہ سے مرئیت کم ہو جاتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

阴暗

由于某种物质的云而导致能见度降低的大气层

🇯🇵Japanese

濁り

何らかの物質の雲のために視界が低下した大気

🇰🇷Korean

탁함

어떤 물질의 구름으로 인해 가시성이 감소되는 대기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự u ám

một bầu không khí trong đó tầm nhìn bị giảm do một đám mây chất nào đó

🇹🇭Thai

ความมืดมน

บรรยากาศที่ทัศนวิสัยลดลงเนื่องจากมีเมฆสารบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kemuraman

atmosfer di mana jarak pandang berkurang karena adanya awan suatu zat

🇵🇭Filipino

kadiliman

isang kapaligiran kung saan nababawasan ang visibility dahil sa isang ulap ng ilang substance

🇲🇾Malay

keruh

suasana di mana keterlihatan berkurangan kerana awan beberapa bahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غموض

جو تقل فيه الرؤية بسبب سحابة من مادة ما

🇮🇷Persian

تیرگی

جوی که در آن دید به دلیل ابری از مواد کاهش می یابد

🇹🇷Turkish

karanlık

bazı maddelerin bulutu nedeniyle görünürlüğün azaldığı bir atmosfer

🇮🇱Hebrew

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The primary meaning of 'murkiness' is 'an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance'.

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