English noun: murkiness | |||
1. | murkiness (state) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance | ||
Synonyms | fog, fogginess, murk | ||
Broader (hypernym) | atmosphere, atmospheric state | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fug | ||
2. | murkiness (attribute) the quality of being cloudy | ||
Synonyms | cloudiness, muddiness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | opacity, opaqueness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | haziness, mistiness, steaminess, turbidity, turbidness, vaporousness, vapourousness | ||