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overcast

Shame she chose the only overcast day of the weekend to do it.Hopefully conditions will be overcast so we can put some pressure on the batsmen.But an overcast day could take the edge off the vanishing act.The morning was overcast with a gentle wind and it perfectly matched the sombre mood of the contestants.The sky is overcast and tough mining towns along the have the sullen air of relations off the wedding list.The beach was virtually deserted on Monday afternoon because of the overcast weather.When that happened, it was like a sunny day that had suddenly become overcast.The sky was overcast, shedding sudden bursts of rain along the bleak landscape.It is an overcast morning, with a threat of drizzle in the air.That morning, the sky had been overcast.The goggles are designed to change their shade to cope with anything from an overcast day of flat white light to blinding ultraviolet.A day that began cold and overcast finished in bright sunshine.The day had become overcast.When I woke this morning it was overcast and there was a hint of drizzle in the air.As she steps off the elevator and notices the detective unit's closed door, her internal weather turns overcast.It is rather dim under the trees on an overcast, damp day, and hard to keep your foothold on the slippery bank.If the economy were to have a weather forecast, the outlook would be overcast: gloomy with patches of rain for the next five years.

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overcast

British English: overcast /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/ ADJECTIVE
If it is overcast, or if the sky or the day is overcast, the sky is completely covered with cloud and there is not much light.
For three days it was overcast.
  • American English: overcast
  • Arabic: مُعْتِم
  • Brazilian Portuguese: nublado
  • Chinese: 阴天的
  • Croatian: oblačan
  • Czech: oblačný
  • Danish: overskyet
  • Dutch: bewolkt
  • European Spanish: encapotado
  • Finnish: pilvinen
  • French: couvert
  • German: bedeckt Himmel
  • Greek: νεφοσκεπής
  • Italian: coperto
  • Japanese: 曇った
  • Korean: 잔뜩 흐린
  • Norwegian: overskyet
  • Polish: przygnębiony
  • European Portuguese: nublado
  • Romanian: înnorat
  • Russian: затянутый облаками
  • Latin American Spanish: encapotado
  • Swedish: mulen
  • Thai: มีเฆมมาก
  • Turkish: bulutlu
  • Ukrainian: хмарний
  • Vietnamese: u ám

Chinese translation of 'overcast'

overcast

(ˈəuvəkɑːst)

adj

  1. 多云(雲)的 (duōyún de)
(adjective) 
Definition
(of the sky or weather) cloudy
It was a cold, wintry, overcast afternoon.
Synonyms
cloudy
It was a cloudy, windy day.
grey
It was a grey, wet April Sunday.
dull
It's always dull and raining.
threatening
a threatening atmosphere of rising tension and stress
dark
His endless chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts.
clouded
dim
a dim February day
gloomy
Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
dismal
The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal.
murky
Their plane crashed in murky weather.
dreary
They live such dreary lives.
leaden
the leaden boredom of the lecture
clouded over
sunless
The day dawned sunless and with a low cloud base.
louring or lowering
Opposites
clear
,
fine
,
bright
,
brilliant
,
sunny
,
cloudless
,
unclouded

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dark
Definition
(of thoughts or ideas) gloomy or sad
His endless chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts.
Synonyms
gloomy,
sad,
grim,
miserable,
low,
bleak,
moody,
dismal,
pessimistic,
melancholy,
sombre,
morbid,
glum,
mournful,
morose,
joyless,
doleful,
cheerless
in the sense of dim
Definition
lacking in brightness or lustre
a dim February day
Synonyms
cloudy,
grey,
gloomy,
dismal,
murky,
overcast,
leaden
in the sense of dismal
Definition
gloomy and depressing
The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal.
Synonyms
gloomy,
depressing,
dull,
dreary,
lugubrious,
cheerless

Nearby words of
overcast

  • overbearing
  • overblown
  • overboard
  • overcast
  • overcharge
  • overcome
  • overconfident

Synonyms of 'overcast'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of dreary
Definition
dull or uninteresting
They live such dreary lives.
Synonyms
dull,
boring,
tedious,
routine,
drab,
tiresome,
lifeless,
monotonous,
humdrum,
colourless,
uneventful,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
ho-hum (informal),
wearisome,
as dry as dust
in the sense of dull
Definition
(of weather) not bright or clear
It's always dull and raining.
Synonyms
cloudy,
dim,
gloomy,
dismal,
overcast,
leaden,
turbid
in the sense of gloomy
Definition
dark or dismal
Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
Synonyms
dark,
dull,
dim,
dismal,
black,
grey,
obscure,
murky,
dreary,
sombre,
shadowy,
overcast,
dusky,
crepuscular,
Stygian (literary),
tenebrous
in the sense of grey
Definition
dismal, dark, or gloomy
It was a grey, wet April Sunday.
Synonyms
dull,
dark,
dim,
gloomy,
cloudy,
murky,
drab,
misty,
foggy,
overcast,
sunless
in the sense of leaden
Definition
gloomy, spiritless, or lifeless
the leaden boredom of the lecture
Synonyms
lifeless,
dull,
gloomy,
dismal,
dreary,
languid,
listless,
spiritless
in the sense of murky
Definition
gloomy or dark
Their plane crashed in murky weather.
Synonyms
dark,
gloomy,
dismal,
grey,
dull,
obscure,
dim,
dreary,
cloudy,
misty,
impenetrable,
foggy,
overcast,
dusky,
nebulous,
cheerless
in the sense of sunless
The day dawned sunless and with a low cloud base.
Synonyms
cloudy,
grey,
gloomy,
hazy,
overcast,
dark
in the sense of threatening
a threatening atmosphere of rising tension and stress
Synonyms
ominous,
sinister,
forbidding,
grim,
baleful,
inauspicious,
bodeful
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