The thickness of mirk is bad enough, but the thickness of white, illimitable ether is worse a thousandfold, for it closes the eye and mazes the wits.
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Mirk
Synonyms for "mirk" (120 found)
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grimehalf-lighthazeindeterminatenessindistinctnessinklack of sparklelacklusterlifelessnesslusterlessnessmatmat finishmelanizemistmistinessmuckmuckymuddymumbo jumbomurky
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mystificationnigrifyobfuscateobfuscationobnubilateobscurantismobscurationobscureobscurityobumbrateoccultoccultateopacityovercastovercloudovershadowoversmokepartial darknessperplexitysemidarkshadeshadowshapelessnesssmirchsmokesmudgesmutsmutchsoilsombersombernesssoottarnishtwilightunclarityunclearnessunplainnessvagueness
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Outside the chapel in the weeping mirk a squire held his shield, another his helm, a groom walked his horse.
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The English cries of the soldiers were answered in English by the Boers, and slouch hat or helmet dimly seen in the mirk was the only badge of friend or foe.
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She disappeared into the gathering mirk.
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