clouded

[ klou-did ]
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adjective
  1. confused; muddled; disordered: a mind clouded by sorrow.

  2. covered with or as if with clouds.

Origin of clouded

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + -ed2

Other words from clouded

  • un·cloud·ed, adjective

Words Nearby clouded

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How to use clouded in a sentence

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

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

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

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • Doubt, suspicion, anger clouded vision; pain routed the impersonal conception.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • So the clouded day broke sullenly, with gusts of warm rain and red gleams of a sun striving to disperse the mists.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy