cloudy

[ klou-dee ]

adjective

, cloud·i·er, cloud·i·est.

1. full of or overcast by clouds:

   a cloudy sky.

   Synonyms: overcast, gloomy, shadowy, lowering, murky, hazy

2. having little or no sunshine:

   a cloudy but rainless day.

   Synonyms: overcast, gloomy, shadowy, lowering, murky, hazy

3. of or like a cloud or clouds; pertaining to clouds.
4. having cloudlike markings:

   cloudy marble.

5. not clear or transparent; murky:

   He could not see through the cloudy liquid.

   Synonyms: opaque, turbid, muddy

6. obscure; indistinct.

   Synonyms: hazy, fuzzy, dim

7. darkened by gloom, trouble, etc.

   Synonyms: lowering, gloomy

8. under suspicion, disgrace, etc.:

   a gambler with a cloudy reputation.

cloudy

/ ˈklaʊdɪ /

adjective

1. covered with cloud or clouds
2. of or like a cloud or clouds
3. streaked or mottled like a cloud
4. opaque or muddy
5. obscure or unclear
6. troubled by gloom or depression

   his face had a cloudy expression

Derived Forms

• ˈcloudily, adverb
• ˈcloudiness, noun

Other Words From

• cloud·i·ly adverb
• cloud·i·ness noun
• un·cloud·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloudy¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English cloudi, Old English clūdig “rocky, hilly”; cloud, -y ¹

Example Sentences

The midday breeze is a bit gusty from the west as temperatures hold in the mid- to upper 40s under partly cloudy skies.

From Washington Post

However, the actual data on remdesivir paint a somewhat cloudy picture.

From Popular-Science

Onshore flow keeps us mostly cloudy today, before a cold front sweeps through with some showers tonight.

From Washington Post

Friday night should be partly cloudy with cooler weather as temperatures dip back into the 40s to around 50 right in the city.

From Washington Post

These hypersaline environments, pockets of brine from which the salt crystallized, are what cause the crystals to be cloudy.

From Nautilus

Imagine driving through the Scottish countryside, rolling through a vast landscape of green hills and cloudy skies.

From The Daily Beast

“We can blame Carrie Bradshaw for this,” says Shaunaq Arora, half-joking; his sigh tinged with the cloudy breath of his Gauloises.

From The Daily Beast

Mostly cloudy Monday through Wednesday, cloudy Thursday, overcast Friday, and considerable cloudiness over the weekend.

From The Daily Beast

It was one of those rare winter days when it was cloudy in Palm Springs.

From The Daily Beast

It was sunny, it was cloudy, it was raining, it was completely covered in snow, and then by the end of the day it was gone.

From The Daily Beast

It is small in cloudy swelling from toxins and drugs, and variable in renal tuberculosis and neoplasms.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.

From Project Gutenberg

A sharp rain, too, was beating against the window-panes, and the sky looked black and cloudy.

From Project Gutenberg

He was still able to think consecutively, although his thoughts were cloudy and but dimly realised.

From Project Gutenberg

The cloudy yellow twilight disclosed that a man little way off was a man and not a horse but did hardly more.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dark
• dense
• dim
• dismal
• dull
• foggy
• gloomy
• misty
• muddy
• murky
• opaque
• overcast