becloud

[ bih-kloud ]

verb (used with object)

1. to darken or obscure with clouds.
2. to make confused:

   Angry words beclouded the issue.

   Synonyms: muddle, obfuscate, befog, obscure, confuse

becloud

/ bɪˈklaʊd /

verb

1. to cover or obscure with a cloud
2. to confuse or muddle

   to becloud the issues

Other Words From

• unbe·clouded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of becloud¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; be- + cloud

Example Sentences

Though she lost in November, she's still campaigning — on social media, in the courts, and in her own beclouded imagination.

From Salon

Daylight began to forsake the red-room; it was past four o’clock, and the beclouded afternoon was tending to drear twilight.

From Literature

Fortunately, the ruling does not retroactively undo the debt restructuring achieved so far, but it does becloud the future, because the court gave the president and the Senate only 90 days to “reconstitute” the board.

From Washington Post

That confusion beclouds the climactic sequence of the singing contest.

From The New Yorker

I think his sense of candor and fairness is beclouded by his desire to make $billions more.

From New York Times