murky

3 definitions • 5 examples

dark and dirty or difficult to see through:

The river was brown and murky after the storm.

used to describe a situation that is complicated and unpleasant, and about which many facts are not clear:

He became involved in the murky world of international drug-dealing.

I don't want to get into the murky waters of family arguments.

dark or cloudy:

murky waters

The movie has dumb characters and a murky plot (= it is difficult to understand).