murkiness

murkiness
noun
1. the quality of being cloudy
• Syn: ↑cloudiness, ↑muddiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑muddy (for: ↑muddiness), ↑murky, ↑cloudy (for: ↑cloudiness)
• Hypernyms: ↑opacity, ↑opaqueness
• Hyponyms:
2. an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
• Syn: ↑fog, ↑fogginess, ↑murk
• Derivationally related forms: ↑murky, ↑murky (for: ↑murk), ↑murk (for: ↑murk), ↑foggy (for: ↑fogginess), ↑foggy (for: ↑fog), ↑fog (for: ↑fog)
• Hypernyms: ↑atmosphere, ↑atmospheric state
• Hyponyms: ↑fug

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