His English has a murky, muddled sound to it, don't you think?
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Murky
//ˈmɜː(ɹ)ki//
Synonyms for "murky" (112 found)
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Closest matches (23)
darkturbidambiguousamorphousamphibologicalbesmirchedblackblackenedbleakblindblotchycaliginousclear as mudcloudedcloudycrypticdark-coloreddarkeneddarkishdarksome
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (56)
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Translations
44 translations across 22 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- каламутны adj (hard to see through)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мътен adj (hard to see through)
Czech
4 entries- kalný adj (hard to see through)
- neprůhledný adj (hard to see through)
- pochybný adj (dishonest, shady)
- podezřelý adj (dishonest, shady)
Danish
2 entries- skummel adj (dishonest, shady)
- uigennemsigtig adj (hard to see through)
Dutch
2 entries- troebel adj (hard to see through)
- troebele adj (hard to see through)
Emilian
1 entries- scûr adj (hard to see through)
Finnish
3 entries- hämäräperäinen adj (dishonest, shady)
- sakea adj (hard to see through)
- samea adj (hard to see through)
French
2 entries- sombre adj (hard to see through)
- trouble adj (hard to see through)
Georgian
4 entries- ბნელი adj (hard to see through)
- დაბინდული adj (hard to see through)
- უკუნი adj (hard to see through)
- შავბნელი adj (hard to see through)
German
2 entries- düster adj (hard to see through)
- trüb adj (hard to see through)
Hebrew
3 entries- מטושטוש adj (hard to see through)
- מעומעם adj (hard to see through)
- עכור adj (hard to see through)
Irish
1 entries- modartha adj (hard to see through)
Khmer
1 entries- ល្អក់ adj (hard to see through)
Latin
1 entries- turbidus adj (hard to see through)
Polish
4 entries- ciemny adj (dishonest, shady)
- mętny adj (hard to see through)
- nieprzenikniony adj (hard to see through)
- podejrzany adj (dishonest, shady)
Romanian
1 entries- tulbure adj (hard to see through)
Russian
3 entries- гря́зный adj (dishonest, shady)
- му́тный adj (hard to see through)
- тёмный adj (dishonest, shady)
Scots
1 entries- mirk adj (hard to see through)
Spanish
1 entries- turbio adj (hard to see through)
Turkish
1 entries- bulanık adj (hard to see through)
Ukrainian
1 entries- каламутний adj (hard to see through)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đục adj (hard to see through)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Tom looked into the murky water.
Source: tatoeba (3619558)
Police searched the murky lake.
Source: tatoeba (4009185)
The water was so murky that the police divers had to search for the body by feel.
Source: tatoeba (4714951)
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