cloudy
cloudy
Definition
cloudy (klo̵ud′ē)
adjective cloud′i·er, cloud′i·est
- covered with clouds; overcast
- of or like clouds
- variegated or streaked, as marble
- opaque, muddy, or foggy a cloudy liquid
- obscure; vague; not clear cloudy ideas
- troubled; gloomy
cloud′i·ly adverb
cloud′i·ness noun
cloudy
Synonyms
cloudy
modif.
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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