Clear and Murky

Clear

Clear adjective - Easily seen through.
Usage example: the clear glass walls of the aquarium's giant ocean tank

Murky is an antonym for clear in bright topic.

Nearby Words: clean, cleared, clearly, clearing, clearness

Murky

Murky adjective - Filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension.
Usage example: skies made murky from the smoke of forest fires that were many miles to the west

Clear is an antonym for murky in topics: dark, gloomy.

Nearby Words: murk, murkily

Both words in one sentence

  • Grimy Water In Spyro 2 and 3, Spyro can paddle (and dive into) water if it is clear, but not if it is coloured or murky.
    Source: Grimy Water
  • Cool, Clear Water In all the chaos of the final action sequence of Casino Royale (2006), it's easy to overlook that the water is as clear as in a swimming pool, when in reality, given that a building just collapsed into it, it should be murky.
  • Pyrrhic Victory Tower of God basically hands Pyrrhic Victories out like candy — or, just murky ones where you wind up unsure if a clear "loss" or "gain" was ever possible in the first place.
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