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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

obscurity, uncertainty, murkiness, obscureness, ambiguity, ambiguousness

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.
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Related formscloud·i·ly, adverbcloud·i·ness, nounun·cloud·y, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for cloudiness

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
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Word Origin and History for cloudiness

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