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
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 Harte, Bret
And yet, for this kind soul, looking into life with such love and hope, I must in a little while overcloud the merited Heaven of today, with tidings of my failure in the Catechetical Professorship!
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
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 Carlyle, Thomas
But when they came out and one went amongst them, there was nothing to overcloud the pleasure of our intercourse.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
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