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Dictionary: murk  mirk (mûrk) pronunciation
also n.
Partial or total darkness; gloom.

adj. Archaic
Partially or totally dark; gloomy.

[Middle English mirke, from Old Norse myrkr or Old English mirce.]


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also mirk

noun

    A thick, heavy atmospheric condition offering reduced visibility because of the presence of suspended particles: brume, fog, haze, mist, smaze. See clear/unclear.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
  Synonyms: fog, fogginess, murkiness


The verb murk has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make dark, dim, or gloomy


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mørke
adj. - mørk

Nederlands (Dutch)
duisternis, duister

Français (French)
n. - opacité, impénétrabilité
adj. - opaque, impénétrable

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dunkelheit
adj. - dunkel, trüb

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζόφος, μαυρίλα

Italiano (Italian)
oscurità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escuridão (f)

Русский (Russian)
темнота, выжимки плодов, нерастворимый осадок, темный

Español (Spanish)
n. - oscuridad, tinieblas
adj. - en tinieblas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mörker

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
黑暗, 阴郁, 黑暗的, 阴郁的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 黑暗, 陰鬱
adj. - 黑暗的, 陰鬱的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 우울함, 암흑
adj. - 우울한, 암흑의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 暗黒, 霧

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ظلام, عتمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אפילה, חושך, קדרות, ערפליות‬
adj. - ‮אפל (מיושן)‬


 
 
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