Definition of CLOUDED

clouded

Meanings

Verb

  • make overcast or cloudy
  • make less visible or unclear
  • billow up in the form of a cloud
    • "The smoke clouded above the houses"
  • make gloomy or depressed
    • "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
  • place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  • make less clear
    • "the stroke clouded memories of her youth"
  • colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
  • make milky or dull
    • "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"
  • simple past and past participle of cloud

Adjective Satellite

  • made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance
    • "his face was clouded with unhappiness"
  • filled or abounding with clouds
  • mentally disordered
    • "a mind clouded by sorrow"
  • unclear in form or expression; ; - H.G.Wells
    • "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"

Adj

  • Filled with clouds; cloudy.
  • Unclear; surrounded in mystery.
  • Dim or blurry.
  • Variegated with spots.

Origin / Etymology

From cloud + -ed.

Synonyms

becloud, befog, blurred, cloud, cloud-covered, corrupt, dapple, defile, fog, haze over, mist, mottle, obnubilate, obscure, overcast, sully, sunless, taint

Antonyms

clear up

Scrabble Score: 11

clouded is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
clouded is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
clouded is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

clouded is a valid Words With Friends word