cloudinessn.
/ˈklaʊdɪnɪs/ State or quality of being cloudy, in various senses.
1. literal and transferred (see cloudy adj. 2 – 4).
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [noun]
cloudiness1594
opacity1634
umbrosity1646
opaqueness1647
opacousness1656
filminess1870
intransparency1902
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > cloudiness
troublenessc1380
cloudiness1594
overcast1637
nimbosity1721
nubilation1874
1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 56 in Jewell House The steines, filth, and clowdinesse that maketh them..so darksome.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xiv. 39 Cloudinesse of the vrine.
1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 602 The Rock of Lisbon..was scarce discernible by reason of the cloudiness of the Weather.
1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 340 Prussiat of potash instantly produced a blue cloudiness.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 282 The day seemed changed to cloudiness and rain.
2. figurative (see cloudy adj. 5, 6).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality
drear1563
dreariment1579
drearihead1591
cloudinessa1600
dismalness1620
dolesomeness1625
cheerlessnessa1631
joylessnessa1631
drearihood1647
clouding1654
dismality1723
dreariness1727
mirthlessness1727
sombre1795
undelighta1822
sombreness1847
sombrousness1847
unhomelikeness1858
drearness1861
comfortlessness1865
unhomeliness1879
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > unclear condition
obscurity1474
mist1532
cloud-lighta1536
indeterminateness1644
undistinction1647
indeterminacy1649
indistinction1651
undeterminateness1653
inestimability1678
undefinableness?1705
confusion1729
obnubilation1753
cloudiness1779
indistinctness1783
haze1790
haziness1796
vagueness1799
nebulosity1809
undefinednessa1832
undecidedness1897
indeterminism1928
fuzziness1973
smog1976
a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 13 When they are able to appale with the cloudinesse of their looke.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 120 Cloudiness..and trouble in his countenance.
1779 S. Johnson Smith in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 56 Scholastick cloudiness still hung about him.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 160 The cloudiness of his expression increases as we proceed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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