murkier
More difficult seeing
Murkier is the comparative form of murky—darker, cloudier, more obscured.
Water becomes murkier when sediment stirs up.
Figuratively, situations grow murkier when they become harder to understand or more ethically ambiguous: The details of the scandal grew murkier with each revelation.
Having multiple interpretations
- vagueUnclear, ill-defined
- unclearNot easily understood
- obscureUnknown to most
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
indistinct · fuzzy · uncertain · nebulous · equivocal · puzzling · perplexing · unintelligible
Low in light
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- shadowyObscured by darkness
- twilightLight after sunset
- duskyPartially shadowed, darkish
overcast · darkened · obscured · tenebrous · crepuscular · nocturnal · shaded · shrouded
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- suspiciousInclined to distrust
- shadowyObscured by darkness
covert · clandestine · dubious · shady · questionable · sinister · underhanded · dealings
turbid
Clouded by particles
foggy · hazy · dim · smoky · opaque · soupy · sludgy · sediment · visibility · unclear
ambiguous
Having multiple interpretations
confusing · indistinct · fuzzy · uncertain · nebulous · equivocal · puzzling · perplexing · unintelligible · convoluted
dim
Low in light
dusky · overcast · darkened · obscured · tenebrous · crepuscular · nocturnal · shaded · shrouded · nightfall
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- suspiciousInclined to distrust
shadowy · covert · clandestine · dubious · shady · questionable · sinister · underhanded · dealings · motives