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Definitions for: Cloudy
[adj] (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
[adj] (meteorology) full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"
[adj] lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"
Webster (1913) Definition: Cloud"y, a. [Compar. Cloudier; superl. Cloudiest.]
[From Cloud, n.]
1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy
sky.
2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy
pillar descended. --Ex. xxxiii.
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3. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not
open or cheerful. ``A cloudy countenance.'' --Shak.
4. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
Cloudy and confused notions of things. --Watts.
5. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. ``A cloudy
diamond.'' --Boyle.
6. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as
marble.
Synonyms: brumous, cloud-covered, clouded, cloudlike, dull, foggy, gray, grey, hazy, heavy, indistinct, leaden, lowering, miasmal, miasmic, mirky, misty, muddy, murky, nebular, nebulose, nebulous, opaque, overcast, smoggy, sullen, sunless, threatening, turbid, vaporous
Antonyms: clear
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