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.

Nearby words

cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudage, cloudberry, cloudbow, cloudburst, clouded, clouded leopard, clouded yellow, cloudland, cloudless, cloudlessly

Origin of clouded

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + -ed²

Related formsun·cloud·ed, adjective

Definition for clouded (2 of 2)

cloud

[ kloud ]

/ klaʊd /

noun

a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.

any similar mass, especially of smoke or dust.

a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or transparent.

a patch or spot differing in color from the surrounding surface.

anything that obscures or darkens something, or causes gloom, trouble, suspicion, disgrace, etc.

a great number of insects, birds, etc., flying together: a cloud of locusts obscuring the sun.

Digital Technology. any of several, often proprietary, parts of the Internet that allow online processing and storage of documents and data as well as electronic access to software and other resources (usually preceded by the): More and more software companies are encouraging users to store their work in the cloud.

adjective

of or relating to cloud computing: cloud software; cloud servers.

relating to or doing business on the Internet: Google and other cloud companies.

verb (used with object)

to overspread or cover with, or as with, a cloud or clouds: The smoke from the fire clouded the sun from view.

to overshadow; obscure; darken: The hardships of war cloud his childhood memories.

to make gloomy.

(of distress, anxiety, etc.) to reveal itself in (a part of one's face): Worry clouded his brow.

to make obscure or indistinct; confuse: Don't cloud the issue with unnecessary details.

to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc.

to variegate with patches of another color.

verb (used without object)

to grow cloudy; become clouded.

(of a part of one's face) to reveal one's distress, anxiety, etc.: His brow clouded with anger.

Origin of cloud

before 900; Middle English; Old English clūd rock, hill; probably akin to clod

SYNONYMS FOR cloud

1 vapor.

6 swarm, horde, multitude, throng, host, crowd, army.

14 muddle, distort.

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Related formscloud·like, adjectivein·ter·cloud, verb (used with object)

Synonym study

19. Cloud, fog, haze, mist differ somewhat in their figurative uses. Cloud connotes especially daydreaming: His mind is in the clouds. Fog and haze connote especially bewilderment or confusion: to go around in a fog ( haze ). Mist has an emotional connotation and suggests tears: a mist in one's eyes.

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Examples from the Web for clouded

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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The walls are lined with clouded glass and throw a touch of art deco into the design mix.
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Like so many, the thought of a life without the Clintons strikes me as more than a little sad, and so my judgment may be clouded.
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It had clouded his young life, till he could think of little else.
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The furious course which he had just run, the fatigue of the fight, and his sleepless night, clouded his mind.
The Usurper|Judith Gautier
The thorax and abdomen yellow, clouded with a light reddish-brown colour, inclining to crimson.
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Dull and lifeless at one moment, and clouded by the apathy of despair; at another bright with the fierce fever of revolt.
The Long Night|Stanley Weyman
Henceforth his happiness was assured and he knew no more the restlessness and melancholy which had clouded his enjoyment of life.
Victorian Worthies|George Henry Blore

British Dictionary definitions for clouded

cloud

/ (klaʊd) /

noun

a mass of water or ice particles visible in the sky, usually white or grey, from which rain or snow falls when the particles coagulateSee also cirrus, cumulonimbus, cumulus, stratus

any collection of particles visible in the air, esp of smoke or dust

a large number of insects or other small animals in flight

something that darkens, threatens, or carries gloom

jewellery a cloudlike blemish in a transparent stone

(modifier) of or relating to cloud computinga cloud application

in the clouds not in contact with reality

under a cloud

under reproach or suspicion
in a state of gloom or bad temper

on cloud nine informal elated; very happy

verb

(when intr, often foll by over or up) to make or become cloudy, overcast, or indistinct

(tr) to make obscure; darken

(tr) to confuse or impairemotion clouded his judgment

to make or become gloomy or depressed

(tr) to place under or render liable to suspicion or disgrace

to render (liquids) milky or dull or (of liquids) to become milky or dull

to become or render mottled or variegated

Derived Formscloudless, adjectivecloudlessly, adverbcloudlessness, nouncloudlike, adjective

Word Origin for cloud

C13 (in the sense: a mass of vapour): from Old English clūd rock, hill; probably related to clod

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Word Origin and History for clouded (1 of 2)

cloud

Old English clud "mass of rock, hill," related to clod. Metaphoric extension to "raincloud, mass of evaporated water in the sky" is attested by c.1200 based on similarity of cumulus clouds and rock masses. The usual Old English word for "cloud" was weolcan. In Middle English, skie also originally meant "cloud."

The four fundamental types of cloud classification (cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus) were proposed by British amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772-1864) in 1802. Figuratively, as something that casts a shadow, from early 15c.; hence under a cloud (c.1500). In the clouds "removed from earthly things; obscure, fanciful, unreal" is from 1640s. Cloud-compeller translates (poetically) Greek nephelegereta, a Homeric epithet of Zeus.

Word Origin and History for clouded (1 of 2)

cloud

early 15c., "overspread with clouds, cover, darken," from cloud (n.). From 1510s as "to render dim or obscure;" 1590s as "to overspread with gloom." Intransitive sense of "become cloudy" is from 1560s. Related: Clouded; clouding.

Science definitions for clouded

cloud

[ kloud ]

A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level. Clouds are formed when air that contains water vapor cools below the dew point.

A distinguishable mass of particles or gas, such as the collection of gases and dust in a nebula.

Idioms and Phrases with clouded

cloud

In addition to the idioms beginning with cloud

cloud over

also see:

head in the clouds
on cloud nine
silver lining, every cloud has
under a cloud

clouded

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