mirkier

Darker and hazier

Mirkier is the comparative form of mirky, a variant spelling of murky.

Something mirkier is darker, gloomier, or more obscure than something else: The water grew mirkier as we waded deeper.

The spelling mirky is less common than murky in contemporary usage.

clouded

muddier

More clouded with sediment

mistier · turbid · opaque · unclear · blurred · nebulous · silty · brackish · polluted · smoggy

dim

darker

More lacking in light

shaded · darkened · tenebrous · gloomy · dusky · crepuscular · twilit · unlit · lightless · shrouded

mood

gloomier

Increased in bleakness

heavier · oppressive

obscure

vaguer

Less precisely defined

sinister

shadier

More questionable or sheltered

Opposites
light/visibility

mirkierbrighter

Having increased luminosity

clearer · lighter · sunnier · plainer

clarity/transparency

mirkierclearer

More easily understood

purer · plainer · cleaner

Family

murky, murk, murkiness, murkier, murkily, murkiest

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G