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cloudy

[ klou-dee ]
/ ˈklaʊ di /
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adjective, cloud·i·er, cloud·i·est.

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RELATED WORDS

opaque, misty, dense, dim, murky, muddy, overcast, dark, gloomy, dismal, foggy, dull, confused, dusky, heavy, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, mushy

Nearby words

cloudlet, clouds, clouds, the, cloudscape, cloudware, cloudy, cloudy swelling, clouet, clough, clough, arthur hugh, clout

Origin of cloudy

before 900; Middle English cloudi, Old English clūdig rocky, hilly. See cloud, -y1
SYNONYMS FOR cloudy
1, 2 murky, lowering, shadowy, gloomy, depressing.
5 murky, turbid, muddy, opaque, shadowy.
6 dim, blurred, shadowy, unclear, befogged, muddled, confused.
7 gloomy, lowering.
8 shadowy.
Related formscloud·i·ly, adverbcloud·i·ness, nounun·cloud·y, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for cloudier

  • Clark's observation that it was colder and cloudier than the waters of the Yellowstone still held good.

    Down the Yellowstone|Lewis R. Freeman

  • Her features were like marble beneath the silken dusk of her hair which was faintly outlined against the cloudier darkness.

    The Builders|Ellen Glasgow

British Dictionary definitions for cloudier

cloudy

/ (ˈklaʊdɪ) /

adjective cloudier or cloudiest

covered with cloud or clouds
of or like a cloud or clouds
streaked or mottled like a cloud
opaque or muddy
obscure or unclear
troubled by gloom or depressionhis face had a cloudy expression
Derived Formscloudily, adverbcloudiness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for cloudier

cloudy

adj.

Old English cludig "rocky, hilly, full of cliffs;" see cloud (n.). Meaning "of the nature of clouds" is recorded from c.1300; meaning "full of clouds" is late 14c.; that of "not clear" is from 1580s. Figurative sense of "gloomy" is late 14c. Related: Cloudiness; cloudily.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper