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 ● Jul. 28, 2018
Suddenly Annie's shyness, reserve, whatever it was, seemed to overcloud her.
From The Butterfly House by Paul Julian Meylan
The wind and rain had increased, but he no longer heeded them in his feverish haste and his consciousness that motion could alone keep away that dreadful apathy which threatened to overcloud his judgment.
From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Bret Harte
No such design His heart conceives, or hope; nor let a dread So vain the mind of any overcloud 380 Who banquets here, since it dishonours me.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
A flame, pure as the fire of Vesta, burns for thee in her bosom, and would waste her life, should folly and caprice overcloud thy soul to the refusing her favour.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
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