"clouded" in the verb sense

1. overcast, cloud

make overcast or cloudy

"Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

2. obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist

make less visible or unclear

"The stars are obscured by the clouds"

"the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

3. cloud

billow up in the form of a cloud

"The smoke clouded above the houses"

4. cloud

make gloomy or depressed

"Their faces were clouded with sadness"

5. defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

"sully someone's reputation"

6. cloud

make less clear

"the stroke clouded memories of her youth"

7. mottle, dapple, cloud

colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

8. cloud

make milky or dull

"The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"

"clouded" in the adjective sense

1. clouded

made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance

"his face was clouded with unhappiness"

2. cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless

filled or abounding with clouds

3. clouded

mentally disordered

"a mind clouded by sorrow"

4. blurred, clouded

unclear in form or expression

"the blurred aims of the group"

"sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells

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