Vocabulary
Murky
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.
Urdu meaning
دھندلا، گدلا، گہرا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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This shows that in the murky world of geopolitics, even those once seen as bloodthirsty militants can be rebranded as statesmen and liberators if they offer great powers the right services.
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Mr Sharaa in DC
— 2025-11-12
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The Anglo-American overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh`s elected government in 1953 in Iran reinstated the Shah as the first blow in the murky politics of oil.
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The trouble with the Arabs
— 2025-10-07
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Disturbingly, the financial side of these operations is as murky.
Dawn Editorials —
Illusion of trading
— 2025-08-19
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What makes the already murky business of sugar even murkier is the opacity around the actual ownership of the mills.
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Sugar politics
— 2025-07-31
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But behind this feel-good figure lies a murky incentive system that disproportionately benefits banks, not the hardworking diaspora or their families.
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Bankers` bonanza or policy blunder?
— 2025-06-27
Synonyms
dark, gloomy, grey, leaden, dull, dim, overcast, cloudy, clouded
Curator example
“the sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling”
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