More than deeply colored; lacking brightness, turbid and sometimes a bit swampy Mainly a fault of red wines
(of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
If you describe something as murky, you mean that the details of it are not clear or that it is difficult to understand. The law here is a little bit murky = obscure
so shaded as to be dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"
disapproval If you describe an activity or situation as murky, you suspect that it is dishonest or morally wrong. There has been a murky conspiracy to keep them out of power. = shady
so shaded as to be dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps