overcloud
Americanverb (used with object)
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to overspread with or as if with clouds.
a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
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to darken; obscure; make gloomy.
a childhood that was overclouded by the loss of his parents.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to make or become covered with clouds
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to make or become dark or dim
Etymology
Origin of overcloud
Example Sentences
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To imagine how and why their home had ripped in two might just overcloud me with despair.
From New York Times
What should have been a time to regroup, refocus, and rethink has been overclouded by just one more act in the circus known as the 2012 season.
From The Guardian
The sky became overclouded, and the gentle breeze which had blown in the morning strengthened into a strong, boisterous wind.
From Project Gutenberg
His broad face could not long be overclouded.
From Project Gutenberg
If the genius of Mallarmé was obscured by the flatterers that surrounded him, how much more was Wilde’s talent overclouded by the would-be witty, shoddy-elegant, and cheaply-poetical society hangers-on, who covered him with incense?
From Project Gutenberg
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