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noun
Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Of a liquid: the property of being murky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Of information, a writing style, etc.: the property of being obscure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being cloudy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: murkiness, muddiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opacity, opaqueness
Narrower terms: turbidity, turbidness, haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness
noun
gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: overcast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: semidarkness
noun
the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cloud cover, overcast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bad weather, inclemency, inclementness
History
Etymology tree English cloudy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cloudiness From cloudy + -ness.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
