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
Back again at Padua, Giuseppe set to work vigorously, without a presentiment of the sorrow that was so soon to overcloud his happiness.
From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
She was the first to hail the glorious restoration of its light, and as she worshipped its rising beams, she will never seek to quench or overcloud its meridian lustre.
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George
Oh, no! my king will not overcloud his queen's wedding-day with so dark a veil of death.
From Henry VIII and His Court by Pierce, Henry Niles
Somewhere, something had happened to overcloud his day, to uncover ancestral resemblances, possibilities.
From Foes by Johnston, Mary
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