becloud

[bih-kloud]

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

becloud

/ bɪˈklaʊd /

verb

1. to cover or obscure with a cloud

2. to confuse or muddle

   to becloud the issues

Other Word Forms

• unbeclouded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of becloud¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; be- + cloud

Example Sentences

Though she lost in November, she's still campaigning — on social media, in the courts, and in her own beclouded imagination.

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Fortunately, the ruling does not retroactively undo the debt restructuring achieved so far, but it does becloud the future, because the court gave the president and the Senate only 90 days to “reconstitute” the board.

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That confusion beclouds the climactic sequence of the singing contest.

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I think his sense of candor and fairness is beclouded by his desire to make $billions more.

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It says “Germans must surely know that by misappropriating” Nazi symbols, “they belittle and becloud” past crimes.

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