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I greatly enjoyed working as a freelance journalist, because it gets you out of the house, and it gets you talking to people, but it wasn't satisfying all of my cravings, and I knew that I needed to work with the other side of my brain - the darker, murkier side!
Kevin Barry

Meaning of "murkier" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MURKIER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MURKIER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Murkier is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MURKIER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

murkier

Tenebrism

Tenebrism, from the Italian, tenebroso, also called dramatic illumination, is a style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark and where darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image. The technique was developed to add drama to an image through a spotlight effect, and was popular during the Baroque period of painting. The artist Caravaggio is generally credited with the invention of the style, although this technique was used much earlier by various artists, such as Albrecht Dürer, Tintoretto, and El Greco. The term is usually applied to artists from the seventeenth century onward, Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the few women artists of the Baroque and a follower of Caravaggio, was an outstanding exponent of tenebrism. El Greco painted three versions of a composition with a boy, a man, and a monkey grouped in darkness around a single flame. Among the most well-known tenebrist artists are: Italian and Dutch followers of Caravaggio, Francisco Ribalta, Jusepe de Ribera, and their Spanish followers. Tenebrism is most often applied to seventeenth-century Spanish painters.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MURKIER

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Murillo
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WORDS THAT END LIKE MURKIER

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Synonyms and antonyms of murkier in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «MURKIER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «murkier» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of murkier

Translation of «murkier» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MURKIER

Find out the translation of murkier to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of murkier from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «murkier» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迷雾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

murkier
570 millions of speakers

English

murkier
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

murkier
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضبابية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мрачнее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

murkier
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তমসাচ্ছন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plus trouble
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Murkier
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

düsterer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あいまいに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

murkier
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Murkier
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

murkier
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

murkier
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुर्कीयर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

murkier
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

murkier
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bardziej skąpe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похмурішим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

murkier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

murkier
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

murkier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

murkier
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

murkier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of murkier

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about murkier

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Kevin Barry
I greatly enjoyed working as a freelance journalist, because it gets you out of the house, and it gets you talking to people, but it wasn't satisfying all of my cravings, and I knew that I needed to work with the other side of my brain - the darker, murkier side!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MURKIER»

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Conspiracy: The Plot to Stop The Kennedys
CHAPTER. 38. Murkier. and. Murkier. They make haste to shed innocent blood. —Isaiah 59:7 Two SEPARATE AND distinct mysteries could be identified as relating to the hours following the tragedy. One involved Edward M. Kennedy's actions ...
Matthew Smith, 2006
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Standard Poland-China Record
Bred by \V. F. Murkier. Toledo. la. SIRK— Big Kxpansion 84388. DAM— Big Flora (183625). (224616) — MISS EXPANSION — Farrowed Marrh 28, 1917. Litter 9; raised boar« 3. sow. .". Bred by \V. F. Murkier, Toledo. la. SIRK— Big Expansion ...
Standard Poland-China Record Association, Maryville, Mo, 1919
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The Sion Revelation: The Truth About the Guardians of ...
Murkier. and. Murkier. For many people, the evidence that the Priory has lied— ever, on any subject—automatically means that it can be dismissed out of hand. But this attitude ignores some major aspects of the conundrum. The Priory of Sion  ...
Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, 2006
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The Literary Angel: Essays on Influences and Traditions ...
murkier. and. murkier”52. In the final season of Angel, the emphasis upon collaborative detection and cautious solution is underlined by the Season Five arc, which depicts the fracture and fragmentation of Angel Investigations. After spending ...
AmiJo Comeford, Tamy Burnett, 2010
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Jingling Coins Rusted Coins
If the branch scenario was a little murky, the home front was murkier still. Almost every Sunday I paid visit to the home. Usually, I would go around and take a look at everything, if only to assure myself everything was in its place. And after that I ...
JJ Jadway, 2013
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Effective Crisis Response and Openness: Implications for the ...
Obviously, MFN tariffs are only one of many instruments in the protectionist toolbox. Baldwin and Evenett (2009) warned us of the increase in the use of murkier forms of protectionism such as during the Great Depression, and a similar study on ...
Simon J. Evenett, Bernard M. Hoekman, Olivier Cattaneo, 2009
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Dancing on the Frontier
CHAPTER. 3. Colder,. Darker,. Murkier. The day of the sandstorm was one of thefinaltimesItook my bike out. November arrived and with it the temperature started to plummet. In the park, thefishwere takenoutofthelakes andthe water was  ...
Nico Hobhouse, 2012
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The History of Australian True Crime
Since thena murkier tale has been uncovered. It involves aJohann Friedrich Hohenberger who was born in Munich in 1945 and made trips behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Later he embezzled AUS$200,000 and disappeared.
Nigel Cawthorne
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What Every Manager Needs to Know about Sexual Harassment
Murkier. Guidance. for. Managers? In both Ellerth and Faragher, the Supreme Court attempted to “assist in defining the relevant standards of employer liability” for the sexually harassing misconduct of supervisors. Although both decisions ...
Darlene Orlov, Michael T. Roumell, 2005
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Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy
Wider. Window. Into. Iran's. Missile. Capabilities. Offers. a. Murkier. View. By MARK MAZZETTI and WILLIAM J. BROAD WASHINGTON — It was one of the most provocative assertions to emerge from the WikiLeaks cache — a diplomatic cable ...
Alexander Star, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MURKIER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term murkier is used in the context of the following news items.
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Added Radiation May Help Some With Early Breast Cancer
Things get murkier when a woman has one to three nodes affected, said Morrow, who co-wrote an editorial published with the studies. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
Sister says she was 'infuriated' after watching Sandra Bland arrest …
... car but whether an officer can command you to extinguish a cigarette is murkier, depending on whether the cigarette is perceived as a threat. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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Blago court ruling defends 'political logrolling'
And now we get into even murkier territory, in my opinion. "Put to one side for a moment the fact that position in the Cabinet carries a salary," ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
4
'Foulsham' Ventures Forth Into A Grimy, Enthralling City
... called Filching — and most lately called Foulsham, as it has lately become a murkier, drippier, more horrible place than ever before. Where ... «NPR, Jul 15»
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The BBC is facing its most deadly political threat since its foundation …
To make matters murkier still, the loudest critics tend to work in organisations that stand to gain most from the destruction of the BBC. «The Independent, Jul 15»
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How Many Black Women Die In Police Custody? Their Deaths Need …
Yet delving deeper into the statistics between black men and black women is where things get murkier. As other fact-checkers have pointed out ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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Ex-ESPN mainstay Bill Simmons gets his own HBO show, launching …
... Simmons' former online home, is murkier. Deadspin reported last week that despite the appointment of a replacement editor-in-chief (Chris ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
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Kyoto Hidden Stories / Moss temple shows hand of man and nature
The history of Saihoji temple around and after this period is murkier. Muso founded temples in various areas, and he was an expert garden ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
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Washington Post petitions UN to help free journalist held in Iran
... be set free and whether the journalist's confinement is related to the nuclear dispute or some still-murkier conflict between Iranian factions. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Breaking Down the Battle for the Final Denver Nuggets Roster Spots
If the Nuggets are unable to move either, or both of those two, the fight for the final roster spots becomes even murkier, which is all the more ... «Today's Fastbreak, Jul 15»

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