Definition of MURK

murk

Plural: murks

Noun

  • Darkness or gloominess.
  • an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
  • Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.

Verb

  • make dark, dim, or gloomy
  • To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
  • To kill or eliminate.
  • To beat up; to injure.
  • To eliminate; to defeat overwhelmingly.

Adj

  • Dark, murky.

Adjective

  • Dark, dim, or gloomy.

Examples

  • He stared into the MURK of his tile rack, hoping for a hidden gem to appear.
  • The player’s strategy remained MURK, making it hard for his opponent to predict the next move.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”). Cognate Danish mørk (“dark”), Norwegian mørk (“dark”), Swedish mörk (“dark”), Icelandic myrkur (“dark”), as also Albanian murg (“dark”), Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), Lithuanian márgas (“multicolored”), murzinas (“dirty, spoiled”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”).

Scrabble Score: 10

murk: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
murk: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
murk: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

murk: valid Words With Friends Word