murky

Definitions

1. adjective

   Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.

2. adjective

   Dark, dim, gloomy.

   Examples

   • Ferdinand: As I hope / For quite dayes, faire Iſſue, and long life, / With ſuch loue, as 'tis now the murkieſt den, / The moſt opportune place, the ſtrongſt ſuggeſtion, / Our worſer Genius can, shall neuer melt / Mine honor into luſt,[…]
   • The future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program got murkier Tuesday when the Texas attorney general made good on a threat to challenge it in court.
3. adjective

   Cloudy, indistinct, obscure.

   Examples

   • murky waters
   • murky territory
4. adjective

   Dishonest, shady.