cloudyadj.

Brit.

/ˈklaʊdi/, U.S.

/ˈklaʊdi/

Etymology: < cloud n. + -y suffix¹: Old English had clúdig < clúd = cloud n. 1.

†1. Rocky; hilly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > characterized by

cloudyc893

hilly?a1475

hillous1550

downy1671

knobby1834

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i Norþmanna land..is on sumum stowum swyðe cludig.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2734 I cludiȝ landess munntess.

a1400–50 Alexander 4863 Cloȝes at was cloude, he clynterand torres, Rochis & rogh stanes, rokkis vnfaire.

a. Of cloud; of the nature of cloud.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of the nature of cloud

cloudyc1300

cloudena1400

c1300 St. Brandan 495 Cloudi and berninge smoke.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xcix. 7 He spake vnto them out of the cloudy piler.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. iii. 47 By reason of raine and clowdy vapours.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 930 Thence..As in a cloudy Chair ascending rides.

1747 W. Collins Odes 7 Wrapt in thy cloudy Veil.

1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 223 I would build a cloudy House For my thoughts to live in.

b. Of or pertaining to the clouds.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective]

cloudy1626

sulphureous1751

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §663 The Moisture of Snow is the finest Moisture; For it is the Froth of the Cloudy Waters.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 62 The out-spread firmament either is ended [L. Expansio in nubium regione aut finitur] in the cloudie region, or is further extended.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV i. 3 A thousand years their cloudy wings expand.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. xv. 202 That tradition which has come down..upon the cloudy wings of three thousand years.

3. Characterized by the presence of clouds; abounding in or full of clouds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast

cloudya1387

nebulousc1386

nubilousc1540

dulla1616

overcast1616

claggy1621

moky1706

nubilose1730

nimbose1737

skyless1846

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 467 Whan þe day is dym and clowdy.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 84 Clowdy, or fulle of clowdys, nubidus.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Liii Cloudy mornyngs turne to clere after noones.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 Like Boreas..when..He sweeps the Skies, and clears the cloudy North.

1849 H. W. Longfellow Twilight in Seaside & Fireside 35 The twilight is sad and cloudy.

a. Not transparent or clear.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [adjective]

troublea1327

nebulous?a1425

cloudy1587

shady1605

untransparent1605

untransparablea1618

opacous1625

opaque1631

opacious1643

non-transparent1653

adiaphanous1658

undiaphanous1666

opacular1761

intransparent1842

opacious1953

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiv. 246 This Mynd..one day shal..see cleerely, and not by these dimme and clowdie spectacles.

1679 Confinement, a Poem 18 Cloudy Ale goes round.

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 452 I saw a clowdy diamond.

1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ii. 64 The Paste would be cloudy, and full of Blisters.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 82 Pour a little vinegar into the cloudy liquid.

b. Having cloud-like markings, clouded.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > having cloudy markings

cloudy1676

clouded1682

nebulous1805

nebulose1826

random1874

1676 London Gaz. No. 1131/4 A large grizle gray Gelding..has a cloudy face.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 767 An Olive's cloudy Grain the Handle made.

†c. Dim, obscure, faint. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective]

dima1000

darkOE

troublea1327

palec1385

dullc1430

unclearc1440

unbright1534

cloudy1556

unlight1570

muddy1600

wan1601

opacous1616

filmy1642

illuminous1656

crepuscular1668

dumb1720

rayless1754

opaque1794

veilya1802

turbid1811

unlucent1819

ineffulgent1824

blear1830

unrefulgent1856

subluminous1860

subaqueous1875

shineless1882

the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by light > [adjective] > dim

cloudy1556

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 272 The first greatnes, the seconde..the syxte, vnder whiche they are that be called Cloudy starres.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii.i. xxiii. f. 157 14. [stars]..whereof 5. be called clowdy and the other darke, because they are not to be seene but of a very quicke and sharpe sight.

5. figurative. Darkened or clouded by ignorance, etc.; (of ideas, perception, language) dim, obscure, indistinct; not clear.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]

higheOE

dighela1000

deepc1000

darkOE

starkOE

dusk?c1225

subtle1340

dimc1350

subtilea1393

covert1393

mystica1398

murka1400

cloudyc1400

hard?c1400

mistyc1400

unclearc1400

diffuse1430

abstractc1450

diffused?1456

exquisitec1460

obnubilous?a1475

obscure?a1475

covered1484

intricate?a1500

nice?a1500

perplexeda1500

difficilea1513

difficult1530

privy1532

smoky1533

secret1535

abstruse?1549

difficul1552

entangled1561

confounded1572

darksome1574

obnubilate1575

enigmatical1576

confuse1577

mysteriousa1586

Delphic1598

obfuscatea1600

enfumed1601

Delphicala1603

obstruse1604

abstracted1605

confused1611

questionable1611

inevident1614

recondite1619

cryptic1620

obfuscated1620

transcendent1624

Delphian1625

oraculous1625

enigmatic1628

recluse1629

abdite1635

undilucidated1635

clouded1641

benighted1647

oblite1650

researched1653

obnubilated1658

obscurative1664

tenebrose1677

hyperbyssal1691

condite1695

diffusive1709

profound1710

tenebricose1730

oracular1749

opaque1761

unenlightening1768

darkling1795

offuscating1798

unrecognizable1817

tough1820

abstrusive1848

obscurant1878

out-of-focus1891

unplumbable1895

inenubilable1903

non-transparent1939

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague

cloudyc1400

indeterminatec1400

diffuse1430

diffused?1456

obscure?a1475

infinite1520

ambiguous1529

indistincta1530

nubilous1533

dark1557

undetermined1588

undefinite1589

undeterminate1603

indetermined1611

undefined1611

suspense1624

umbrageous1635

clouded1641

undeterminated1641

fuliginous1646

implicit1660

vague1690

diffusive1709

nubilose1730

foggy1737

unliquidated1780

hazy1781

indecisive1815

nebulous1817

penumbral1819

aoristic1846

scumbled1868

nubiform1873

out-of-focus1891

fuzzy1937

soft focus1938

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective]

darkOE

murka1400

cloudyc1400

mistyc1400

unclearc1400

obturate?a1425

obscure?a1439

unplain?c1535

obumbilatec1540

abstruse?1549

darksome1574

mysteriousa1586

obstruse1604

muddy1611

unperspicuous1634

clouded1641

imperspicuous1654

cramp1674

unlucid1711

abstract1725

opaque1761

obumbratory1799

darkling1813

sludgy1901

c1400 Test. Love (1560) Prol. 272/2 That I so unwoorthely clothed all togither in the cloudie cloude of unconning.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure Introd. v With cloudy fygures He [Lydgate] cloked the trouth of all his scryptures.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G4^v The Historian..can in the cloudy knowledge of mankinde, hardly escape from many lyes.

1649 A. Ascham Bounds Publique Obed. 57 That Oath is Cloudy..and so cannot be justly called it's owne interpreter.

1724 I. Watts Logick ii. iii. §3 Their thoughts..have something confused and cloudy in them.

1846 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. III. 214 Locke..is neither an audacious speculator, nor a cloudy writer.

a. figurative. Darkened by misfortune, grief, anger, forebodings, etc.; full of gloom or trouble; gloomy, sullen, frowning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

deathlyc1225

dolefulc1275

elengec1275

dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

sada1375

colda1400

deadlya1400

joylessc1400

unjoyful?c1400

disconsolatea1413

mournfula1425

funeralc1425

uncheerfulc1449

dolent1489

dolesome1533

heavy-hearted1555

glum1558

ungladsome1558

black1562

pleasureless1567

dern1570

plaintive?1570

glummish1573

cheerless1575

comfortless1576

wintry1579

glummy1580

funebral1581

discouraging1584

dernful?1591

murk1596

recomfortless1596

sullen1597

amating1600

lugubrious1601

dusky1602

sable1603

funebrial1604

damping1607

mortifying1611

tearful?1611

uncouth1611

dulsome1613

luctual1613

dismal1617

winterous1617

unked1620

mopish1621

godforsaken?1623

uncheerly1627

funebrious1630

lugubrous1632

drearisome1633

unheartsome1637

feral1641

drear1645

darksome1649

sadding1649

saddening1650

disheartening1654

funebrous1654

luctiferous1656

mestifical1656

tristifical1656

sooty1657

dreary1667

tenebrose1677

clouded1682

tragicala1700

funereal1707

gloomy1710

sepulchrala1711

dumpishc1717

bleaka1719

depressive1727

lugubre1727

muzzy1728

dispiriting1733

uncheery1760

unconsolatory1760

unjolly1764

Decemberly1765

sombre1768

uncouthie1768

depressing1772

unmirthful1782

sombrous1789

disanimating1791

Decemberish1793

grey1794

uncheering1796

ungenial1796

uncomforting1798

disencouraginga1806

stern1812

chilling1815

uncheered1817

dejecting1818

mopey1821

desponding1828

wisht1829

leadening1835

unsportful1837

demoralizing1840

Novemberish1840

frigid1844

morne1844

tragic1848

wet-blanketty1848

morgue1850

ungladdeneda1851

adusk1856

smileless1858

soul-sick1858

Novemberya1864

saturnine1863

down1873

lacklustre1883

Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. i. 4 Fortune clowdy haþ chaunged hir disceyuable chere to mewarde.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. K.iiij^v Cloudy and troublous heauinesse.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 64 The Scithians..have all cloudy foreheads.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. xii. 593 The Battel of Fontarabie..prov'd cloudy, and malevolent to the French Renown.

1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 331 The state of things with us is very cloudy.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 154 in Idylls of King Vivien..Would fain have wrought upon his cloudy mood.

†b. Of persons. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

droopy?c1225

mournc1275

sada1300

languishinga1325

amayedc1330

matec1330

unlightc1330

unblissful1340

lowa1382

mishappyc1390

dullc1393

elengely1393

droopinga1400

heavy-hearteda1400

joylessa1400

sytefula1400

mornifc1400

tristy?c1400

lightless?1406

heartlessa1413

tristc1420

amatec1425

languoring?c1425

mirthlessc1430

heavisome1435

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

comfortlessc1460

amateda1470

chermatc1475

tristfula1492

lustless?1507

dolorous1513

ruthful1513

downcast1521

deject1528

heartsicka1529

lumpisha1535

coolc1540

dowlyc1540

glum1547

discouraged1548

uncheerfulc1555

dumpish1560

out of heart1565

sadded1566

amoped1573

tristive1578

desolated1580

dejected1581

à la mort1586

delightless1589

afflicted1590

gladless1590

groanful1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

sitheful1592

cloudy1594

leaden-hearted1596

disconsolated1598

clum1599

life-weary1599

spiritless1600

dusky1602

chop-fallen1604

flat1604

disanimated1605

jaw-fallen1605

moped1606

chap-fallen1608

decheerful1608

uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

dumpya1618

depressed1621

head-hung1632

grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

down-at-mouth1649

down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

unhearted1650

sunlessa1658

sadful1658

unlightened1659

chagrin1665

saddened1665

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unenjoying1697

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unjoyful1709

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disheartened1720

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out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

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sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

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oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. H2^v Cloudie Lvcrece shames her selfe to see.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. vi. 42 The clowdy Messenger turnes me his backe.

1706 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 132 Yet the Govr. went out very cloudy.

1708 Ld. Shaftesbury Let. conc. Enthusiasm 45 The Jews were naturally a very cloudy People, and wou'd endure little Raillery in any thing.

7. Under a cloud of disgrace or disrepute; ‘shady.’ colloquial.

ΚΠ

1886 R. L. Stevenson Prince Otto ii. ii. 87 A..lady of a dishevelled reputation, wife..of a cloudy count.

Compounds

cloudy-eyed, cloudy-headed, cloudy-topped, adjs.

ΚΠ

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. C5^v The Pyrenean cloudy-topped mountaines.

1676 London Gaz. No. 1117/4 A bright dun Mare..cloudy headed.

1710 London Gaz. No. 4719/4 A middle sized thin and cloudy-ey'd Woman.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cloudy
释义	cloudyadj. Brit. /ˈklaʊdi/, U.S. /ˈklaʊdi/ Etymology: < cloud n. + -y suffix¹: Old English had clúdig < clúd = cloud n. 1. †1. Rocky; hilly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > characterized by cloudyc893 hilly?a1475 hillous1550 downy1671 knobby1834 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i Norþmanna land..is on sumum stowum swyðe cludig. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2734 I cludiȝ landess munntess. a1400–50 Alexander 4863 Cloȝes at was cloude, he clynterand torres, Rochis & rogh stanes, rokkis vnfaire. 2. a. Of cloud; of the nature of cloud. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of the nature of cloud cloudyc1300 cloudena1400 c1300 St. Brandan 495 Cloudi and berninge smoke. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xcix. 7 He spake vnto them out of the cloudy piler. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. iii. 47 By reason of raine and clowdy vapours. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 930 Thence..As in a cloudy Chair ascending rides. View more context for this quotation 1747 W. Collins Odes 7 Wrapt in thy cloudy Veil. 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 223 I would build a cloudy House For my thoughts to live in. b. Of or pertaining to the clouds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] cloudy1626 sulphureous1751 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §663 The Moisture of Snow is the finest Moisture; For it is the Froth of the Cloudy Waters. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 62 The out-spread firmament either is ended [L. Expansio in nubium regione aut finitur] in the cloudie region, or is further extended. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV i. 3 A thousand years their cloudy wings expand. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. xv. 202 That tradition which has come down..upon the cloudy wings of three thousand years. 3. Characterized by the presence of clouds; abounding in or full of clouds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast cloudya1387 nebulousc1386 nubilousc1540 dulla1616 overcast1616 claggy1621 moky1706 nubilose1730 nimbose1737 skyless1846 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 467 Whan þe day is dym and clowdy. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 84 Clowdy, or fulle of clowdys, nubidus. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Liii Cloudy mornyngs turne to clere after noones. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 Like Boreas..when..He sweeps the Skies, and clears the cloudy North. View more context for this quotation 1849 H. W. Longfellow Twilight in Seaside & Fireside 35 The twilight is sad and cloudy. 4. a. Not transparent or clear. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [adjective] troublea1327 nebulous?a1425 cloudy1587 shady1605 untransparent1605 untransparablea1618 opacous1625 opaque1631 opacious1643 non-transparent1653 adiaphanous1658 undiaphanous1666 opacular1761 intransparent1842 opacious1953 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiv. 246 This Mynd..one day shal..see cleerely, and not by these dimme and clowdie spectacles. 1679 Confinement, a Poem 18 Cloudy Ale goes round. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 452 I saw a clowdy diamond. 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ii. 64 The Paste would be cloudy, and full of Blisters. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 82 Pour a little vinegar into the cloudy liquid. b. Having cloud-like markings, clouded. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > having cloudy markings cloudy1676 clouded1682 nebulous1805 nebulose1826 random1874 1676 London Gaz. No. 1131/4 A large grizle gray Gelding..has a cloudy face. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 767 An Olive's cloudy Grain the Handle made. †c. Dim, obscure, faint. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] dima1000 darkOE troublea1327 palec1385 dullc1430 unclearc1440 unbright1534 cloudy1556 unlight1570 muddy1600 wan1601 opacous1616 filmy1642 illuminous1656 crepuscular1668 dumb1720 rayless1754 opaque1794 veilya1802 turbid1811 unlucent1819 ineffulgent1824 blear1830 unrefulgent1856 subluminous1860 subaqueous1875 shineless1882 the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by light > [adjective] > dim cloudy1556 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 272 The first greatnes, the seconde..the syxte, vnder whiche they are that be called Cloudy starres. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii.i. xxiii. f. 157 14. [stars]..whereof 5. be called clowdy and the other darke, because they are not to be seene but of a very quicke and sharpe sight. 5. figurative. Darkened or clouded by ignorance, etc.; (of ideas, perception, language) dim, obscure, indistinct; not clear. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective] higheOE dighela1000 deepc1000 darkOE starkOE dusk?c1225 subtle1340 dimc1350 subtilea1393 covert1393 mystica1398 murka1400 cloudyc1400 hard?c1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 diffuse1430 abstractc1450 diffused?1456 exquisitec1460 obnubilous?a1475 obscure?a1475 covered1484 intricate?a1500 nice?a1500 perplexeda1500 difficilea1513 difficult1530 privy1532 smoky1533 secret1535 abstruse?1549 difficul1552 entangled1561 confounded1572 darksome1574 obnubilate1575 enigmatical1576 confuse1577 mysteriousa1586 Delphic1598 obfuscatea1600 enfumed1601 Delphicala1603 obstruse1604 abstracted1605 confused1611 questionable1611 inevident1614 recondite1619 cryptic1620 obfuscated1620 transcendent1624 Delphian1625 oraculous1625 enigmatic1628 recluse1629 abdite1635 undilucidated1635 clouded1641 benighted1647 oblite1650 researched1653 obnubilated1658 obscurative1664 tenebrose1677 hyperbyssal1691 condite1695 diffusive1709 profound1710 tenebricose1730 oracular1749 opaque1761 unenlightening1768 darkling1795 offuscating1798 unrecognizable1817 tough1820 abstrusive1848 obscurant1878 out-of-focus1891 unplumbable1895 inenubilable1903 non-transparent1939 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague cloudyc1400 indeterminatec1400 diffuse1430 diffused?1456 obscure?a1475 infinite1520 ambiguous1529 indistincta1530 nubilous1533 dark1557 undetermined1588 undefinite1589 undeterminate1603 indetermined1611 undefined1611 suspense1624 umbrageous1635 clouded1641 undeterminated1641 fuliginous1646 implicit1660 vague1690 diffusive1709 nubilose1730 foggy1737 unliquidated1780 hazy1781 indecisive1815 nebulous1817 penumbral1819 aoristic1846 scumbled1868 nubiform1873 out-of-focus1891 fuzzy1937 soft focus1938 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] darkOE murka1400 cloudyc1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 obturate?a1425 obscure?a1439 unplain?c1535 obumbilatec1540 abstruse?1549 darksome1574 mysteriousa1586 obstruse1604 muddy1611 unperspicuous1634 clouded1641 imperspicuous1654 cramp1674 unlucid1711 abstract1725 opaque1761 obumbratory1799 darkling1813 sludgy1901 c1400 Test. Love (1560) Prol. 272/2 That I so unwoorthely clothed all togither in the cloudie cloude of unconning. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure Introd. v With cloudy fygures He [Lydgate] cloked the trouth of all his scryptures. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G4^v The Historian..can in the cloudy knowledge of mankinde, hardly escape from many lyes. 1649 A. Ascham Bounds Publique Obed. 57 That Oath is Cloudy..and so cannot be justly called it's owne interpreter. 1724 I. Watts Logick ii. iii. §3 Their thoughts..have something confused and cloudy in them. 1846 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. III. 214 Locke..is neither an audacious speculator, nor a cloudy writer. 6. a. figurative. Darkened by misfortune, grief, anger, forebodings, etc.; full of gloom or trouble; gloomy, sullen, frowning. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. i. 4 Fortune clowdy haþ chaunged hir disceyuable chere to mewarde. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. K.iiij^v Cloudy and troublous heauinesse. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 64 The Scithians..have all cloudy foreheads. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. xii. 593 The Battel of Fontarabie..prov'd cloudy, and malevolent to the French Renown. 1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 331 The state of things with us is very cloudy. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 154 in Idylls of King Vivien..Would fain have wrought upon his cloudy mood. †b. Of persons. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. H2^v Cloudie Lvcrece shames her selfe to see. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. vi. 42 The clowdy Messenger turnes me his backe. View more context for this quotation 1706 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 132 Yet the Govr. went out very cloudy. 1708 Ld. Shaftesbury Let. conc. Enthusiasm 45 The Jews were naturally a very cloudy People, and wou'd endure little Raillery in any thing. 7. Under a cloud of disgrace or disrepute; ‘shady.’ colloquial. ΚΠ 1886 R. L. Stevenson Prince Otto ii. ii. 87 A..lady of a dishevelled reputation, wife..of a cloudy count. Compounds cloudy-eyed, cloudy-headed, cloudy-topped, adjs. ΚΠ 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. C5^v The Pyrenean cloudy-topped mountaines. 1676 London Gaz. No. 1117/4 A bright dun Mare..cloudy headed. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4719/4 A middle sized thin and cloudy-ey'd Woman. 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