murkiness n 1: an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance [syn: {fog}, {fogginess}, {murk}, {murkiness}] 2: the quality of being cloudy [syn: {cloudiness}, {murkiness}, {muddiness}]
Murkiness \Murk"i*ness\, n. The state of being murky. [1913 Webster]