verb
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to cover or obscure with a cloud
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to confuse or muddle
to becloud the issues
Other Word Forms
- unbeclouded adjective
Etymology
Origin of becloud
Example Sentences
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The central point that Bugliosi makes — whether or not one agrees with his specific criticisms or questions Bugliosi’s own motivations — is that fear can becloud judgment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2017
The central point that Bugliosi makes -- whether or not one agrees with his specific criticisms or questions Bugiosi's own motivations -- is that fear can becloud judgment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2015
Let not Regret becloud your mind for that is not Pleasure unless your Regrets are a source of Pleasure in which case it is.
From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2010
More importantly, their coupling might becloud the fact that Boot Polish is a nearly flawless little gem of a fable that glows with its own brilliance, without need of outside illumination.
From Time Magazine Archive
I, loyal to the ethics of our craft Tried to becloud the query, and declared That Moros loved the Filipinos well.
From 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts by Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)
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