becloud

American  

[bih-kloud] / bɪˈklaʊd /

verb (used with object)

1. to darken or obscure with clouds.

2. to make confused.

   Angry words beclouded the issue.

   Synonyms:

   muddle, obfuscate, befog, obscure, confuse

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becloud British  

/ bɪˈklaʊd /

verb

1. to cover or obscure with a cloud

2. to confuse or muddle

   to becloud the issues

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Other Word Forms

• unbeclouded adjective

Etymology

Origin of becloud

First recorded in 1590–1600; be- + cloud

Example Sentences

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

The effect is to becloud the retina, the screen on which the lens focuses its image of things seen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus old memories mar the actual triumph; Thus the doing savors of disrelish; Thus achievement lacks a gracious somewhat; O'er-importuned brows becloud the mandate, Carelessness or consciousness—the gesture.

From Men and Women by Porter, Charlotte Endymion