Standard Lemma guide

clouded

adj · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdɪd/
  • General-American: /ˈklaʊdəd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊdɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: K L AW1 D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Filled with clouds; cloudy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Unclear; surrounded in mystery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Dim or blurry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the clouded eyes of the sick man

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Variegated with spots.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a clouded cane

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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5

verb

Meaning 5

simple past and past participle of cloud

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

unclear in form or expression- H.G.Wells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the blurred aims of the group
  • sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blurred

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

mentally disordered

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a mind clouded by sorrow

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Synonyms: none provided

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8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

filled or abounding with clouds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cloud-covered, overcast, sunless

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his face was clouded with unhappiness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cloud + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَائِم (ḡāʔim) — filled with clouds
  • Dutch: bewolkt — filled with clouds
  • Irish: scamallach — filled with clouds
  • Irish: néaltach — filled with clouds
  • Latin: turbidus — filled with clouds
  • Latin: nebulōsus — filled with clouds
  • Polish: chmurny — filled with clouds
  • Polish: pochmurny — filled with clouds
  • Sundanese: angkeub — filled with clouds
  • Turkish: mağmum — filled with clouds
  • German: getrübt — unknown, surrounded in mystery
  • Polish: mętny — unknown, surrounded in mystery
  • Polish: mglisty — unknown, surrounded in mystery
  • Polish: zamglony — unknown, surrounded in mystery