clouded

[ klou-did ]

adjective

1. confused; muddled; disordered:

   a mind clouded by sorrow.

2. covered with or as if with clouds.

Other Words From

• un·clouded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of clouded¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Apparently, he thinks people who love someone with Down syndrome simply must be clouded by sentiment, and unable to see reason.

From The Daily Beast

I knew my story would be clouded in secrecy, overflowing with spies and agents wanting the man at the end of that deal.

From The Daily Beast

The most fundamental terms in that definition—enemy and success—are clouded by uncertainty in Iraq.

From The Daily Beast

My wife, whose memory is never clouded by what should have been, says otherwise.

From The Daily Beast

The walls are lined with clouded glass and throw a touch of art deco into the design mix.

From The Daily Beast

Aristide again sought the message of the stars; but the sky was clouded over, and soon a fine rain began to fall.

From Project Gutenberg

"I believe that is what they call it," Gordon answered, gazing back at her with his densely clouded blue eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

It was this double attitude which, from the moment Murat became King, clouded the relations between him and Napoleon.

From Project Gutenberg

Doubt, suspicion, anger clouded vision; pain routed the impersonal conception.

From Project Gutenberg

So the clouded day broke sullenly, with gusts of warm rain and red gleams of a sun striving to disperse the mists.

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Related Words

• blurred
• cloudy
• hazy