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cloudy Definition

cloudy (klo̵udē)

adjective cloudi·er, cloudi·est

  1. covered with clouds; overcast
  2. of or like clouds
  3. variegated or streaked, as marble
  4. opaque, muddy, or foggy a cloudy liquid
  5. obscure; vague; not clear cloudy ideas
  6. troubled; gloomy

cloudy Related Forms
cloudi·ly adverb cloudi·ness noun
cloudy Synonyms

cloudy

modif.

  1. Hazy

    overcast, lowering, leaden, threatening; see dark 1, hazy 1.

  2. Not clear

    dense, murky, nontransparent, nontranslucent; see opaque 1.

  3. Obscure

    vague, indistinct, indefinite, unclear; see obscure 1.

cloudy Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • sky: A light rain is falling from a cloudy sky.
  • pillar: Thy fiery, cloudy pillar covers and protects us.
  • weather: There will also be relayed images of the transit from the internet, in case of cloudy weather.
  • urine: Lower urinary symptoms may be absent, but high pyrexia, rigors, cloudy urine and marked renal angle tenderness are characteristic.
  • morning: A cloudy morning with some sun in the afternoon.
  • afternoon: A sunny morning, cloudy afternoon with some showers.

Modifying Another Word

  • mostly: A mostly cloudy day with a little light shower or two.
  • partly: Weather partly cloudy, our first sun of the trip was seen halfway Denmark.
  • mainly: The wind strengthened during the morning that was mainly cloudy.
  • partially: The night, partially cloudy at first, became clear later.

Used with adjective complement

  • dawn: To the S the day dawned mostly cloudy with rain across N England and Cent Ireland.
  • remain: N Scotland remained cloudy during the day with showers turning to rain later.
  • become: Fine becoming cloudy later in the day with cloud base 2,000 feet by midnight.

Preposition: in

  • afternoon: A pleasant day, some sun, mostly cloudy in the afternoon.

Preposition: with

  • drizzle: The day remained cloudy with drizzle at times with a maximum of 10.0C.
  • shower: The afternoon remained cloudy with frequent slight showers of rain.
  • rain: Ireland was also cloudy with some light rain near the E coast.
  • spell: The day remained mostly cloudy with fleeting sunny spells.
  • interval: January 23rd: Corbett National Park Weather: Wet start, cloudy with sunny intervals later.

Preposition: by

  • GMT: The evening was sunny with little or no wind but it was cloudier by 21 GMT and there was a shower of rain.

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