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cloudy

[ klou-dee ]
/ ˈklaʊ di /

adjective, cloud·i·er, cloud·i·est.

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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.

OTHER WORDS FROM cloudy

cloud·i·ly, adverbcloud·i·ness, nounun·cloud·y, adjective

Words nearby cloudy

cloudlet, clouds, clouds, the, cloudscape, cloudware, cloudy, cloudy swelling, clouet, clough, clout, clove
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Words related to cloudier

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

Example sentences 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 forms of cloudy

cloudily, adverbcloudiness, noun
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