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
What strange emotions overcloud my soul, Stirred to her depths on hearing this thy tale!
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
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
"Toil, envy, want, the patron and the jail,"— these he knew from bitter experience, yet never allowed them to overcloud his buoyant spirits, but made them serve his artistic purposes.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Enough, my feelings are lighter than they have been; and, though fear and wonder are still around me, they are unable entirely to overcloud the horizon.
From Redgauntlet by Scott, Walter, Sir
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