murksome

adj

murksome

adj

/ˈmɜɹksəm/ · /ˈmɜːksəm/

Etymology From murk + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by murkiness; darksome.

  • So, when stern Winter in his frozen vest Enfolds fair Nature's charms, the vaporous air, Surcharged and dense, repels the solar beam ; No genial ray falls on the languid earth, But, struggling with the dun, deep, murksome haze, [...]1837, Anne Ross Collinson, Memoir of Mrs. Agnes Bulmer:
Synonyms
cimmerian, dingy, tenebrous
Derived terms
murksomeness

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