Turbidity is how murky or hazy water seems due to suspended particles. The river then became dark and murky. The freshwater drum prefers clear water, but it is tolerant of turbid and murky water. Today, little remains of the swamp community buried underneath the murky waters of the Atchafalaya. This has left the water looking stagnant, polluted and murky. This fish may be found at depths from , in both murky and clear conditions. Its water is somewhat murky from runoff from surrounding farmlands. The sphere disappears into the murky water. This is mostly due to their feeding patterns, since they prefer murky waters. Grunge featured a sludgy, murky guitar sound that synthesized heavy metal and punk rock. By metonymy, the adjective "stygian" () came to refer to anything dark, dismal, and murky. They're heavy on jargon and impenetrable calculation, murky and heavy on theory. The trouble was, it couldn't go into such a murky underworld on its own. He thought the models were "blocky" and their textures "murky" or "blurry". He wields a trident called "Murky Deep".