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cloudy

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

OTHER WORDS FOR cloudy

5 muddy, turbid, opaque, roiled.
6 befogged, blurred, dim, fuzzy, hazy, unclear.
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Origin of cloudy

First recorded before 900; Middle English cloudi, Old English clūdig “rocky, hilly”; see cloud, -y1

OTHER WORDS FROM cloudy

cloud·i·ly, adverbcloud·i·ness, nounun·cloud·y, adjective
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How to use cloudy in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for cloudy

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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