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
He is thus attempting to becloud the issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
You informed them that you were looking for masterpieces; yet you know well that your real purpose was to becloud the young minds of those children—to turn them from the quest of Truth.
From Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old by Laite, Blanche Fisher
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