inky

adjective

Definition of inkynext
1
as in dusky

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2
as in sludgy

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  1. dusky
  2. dark
  3. dingy
  4. murky
  5. unfiltered
  6. hazy
Adjective
  • The color palette is rich but slightly off—dusky, earthy, almost clashing in places.
    Michael Boodro, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Arbore’s study looked at the dusky lory (Pseudeos fuscata), a parrot native to New Guinea with bands of feathers that may be colored yellow, orange, or red.
    Simon Griffith, JSTOR Daily, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of dusky
Adjective
  • TikTok's attorney suggested the app would basically go dark.
    WIRED, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Schaeffer, 22, was seen leaving her home on May 23, 2022, with her black-and-white cat, Izzy, and getting into a dark gray BMW that had been parked across the street for six hours, according to security video.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of dark
Adjective
  • Around Damascus, entire neighborhoods lay razed and depopulated, and much of the city center looked dingy and worn.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
  • My bed sheets, which have transformed from a crisp white to a dingy eyesore that no amount of bleach can solve, need a refresh.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of dingy
Adjective
  • As with most origin stories of football clubs that are a century and a half old, the truth of how Nottingham Forest came into being is slightly murky.
    Nick Miller, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This six-episode Netflix series is taking on the murky world of health influencer culture—and what happened when a certain real-life influencer’s brand was built on a lie.
    Charley Ross, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of murky
Adjective
  • With spectacular views, snow tubing at Shawnee Mountain is pure, unfiltered fun.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The coaches were granted anonymity for their unfiltered breakdowns.
    Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of unfiltered
Adjective
  • After the multiple reports of the train delays, a first responder at the apartment building said over radio that there was burned food in a second-floor apartment and a slight hazy smoke on the second floor.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In the 2010s, when people were coming and buying four-packs of hazy I.P.A. for $16, $18, $20 directly from breweries, that was a very lucrative time.
    Terence McGinley, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of hazy
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