clouded

[ klou-did ]

/ ˈklaʊ dɪd /

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adjective

confused; muddled; disordered: a mind clouded by sorrow.

covered with or as if with clouds.

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Origin of clouded

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + -ed²

un·cloud·ed, adjective

Apparently, he thinks people who love someone with Down syndrome simply must be clouded by sentiment, and unable to see reason.
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I knew my story would be clouded in secrecy, overflowing with spies and agents wanting the man at the end of that deal.
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The most fundamental terms in that definition—enemy and success—are clouded by uncertainty in Iraq.
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My wife, whose memory is never clouded by what should have been, says otherwise.
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The walls are lined with clouded glass and throw a touch of art deco into the design mix.
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Aristide again sought the message of the stars; but the sky was clouded over, and soon a fine rain began to fall.
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"I believe that is what they call it," Gordon answered, gazing back at her with his densely clouded blue eyes.
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It was this double attitude which, from the moment Murat became King, clouded the relations between him and Napoleon.
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Doubt, suspicion, anger clouded vision; pain routed the impersonal conception.
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So the clouded day broke sullenly, with gusts of warm rain and red gleams of a sun striving to disperse the mists.
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