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Synonyms for murk

Grammar : Noun
Spell : murk
Phonetic Transcription : mÉœrk

Définition of murk

Origin :
  • c.1300, myrke, from Old Norse myrkr "darkness," from Proto-Germanic *merkwjo- (cf. Old English mirce "murky, black, dark; murkiness, darkness," Danish mÇ¿rk "darkness," Old Saxon mirki "dark"); cognate with Old Church Slavonic mraku, Serbo-Croatian mrak, Russian mrak "darkness;" Lithuanian merkti "shut the eyes, blink," from PIE *mer- "to flicker" (see morn). Murk Monday was long the name in Scotland for the great solar eclipse of March 29, 1652 (April 8, New Style).
  • noun darkness
Example sentences :
  • All I saw moving was a heron; he was flying low, and disappeared in the murk.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • It issued from the forest a mile away and its head was lost in the murk of the fields.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad
  • Through the murk Code could see the Nettie B. three miles ahead.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
  • Or was there some prisoner like himself lost out there in the murk?
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • Whistler or Monet might picture for us the murk and mystery of this pregnant gloom.
  • Extract from : « The Gate of Appreciation » by Carleton Noyes
  • I should as soon have expected them to send her into the murk of the bottomless pit.
  • Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green
  • Sir Edward and his son entered the murk, and had to feel their way, and halted.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tor » by George Manville Fenn
  • The taxicab stopped at a corner, and Farland and Murk got out.
  • Extract from : « The Brand of Silence » by Harrington Strong
  • He glanced back, and saw Murk getting out of another taxicab.
  • Extract from : « The Brand of Silence » by Harrington Strong
  • He had forgotten Murk in his interest in the conversation with Kate Gilbert.
  • Extract from : « The Brand of Silence » by Harrington Strong

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