cloudy
adjective
ˈklau̇-dē 
cloudier; cloudiest
1
: of, relating to, or resembling cloud
cloudy smoke
2
: darkened by gloom or anxiety
a cloudy mood
3
a
: overcast with clouds
cloudy weather
b
: having a cloudy sky
a cloudy day
4
: obscure in meaning
cloudy issues
also : uncertain as to fact or outcome
a cloudy future
5
: dimmed or dulled as if by clouds
a cloudy mirror
6
: uneven in color or texture
7
: having visible material in suspension : murky
a cloudy liquid
cloudily
ˈklau̇-də-lē
adverb cloudiness
ˈklau̇-dē-nəs
noun 
Synonyms
- muddy
- riley
- roiled
- turbid
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Example Sentences
Tomorrow will be cloudy and cold. the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy
Recent Examples on the Web Sunny skies with a high near 98, followed by cloudy skies and an overnight low around 74. 
Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2022 Through Tonight: There could be a brief shower amid partly to mostly cloudy skies. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Extended forecasts are showing a brief fall preview arriving Saturday with cloudy skies and much cooler temperatures to start the weekend. oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2022 Fire departments on the North Shore and in the Metro-West region, where wildfires have been flaring up in recent days and weeks, also welcomed the cloudy skies and precipitation but said more rain is needed to put out the hot spots that remain. Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 The National Weather Service’s forecast calls for a slight chance of showers through the morning hours with highs around 75, followed by mostly cloudy skies the remainder of the day and overnight lows dropping into the 60s. Mike Rose, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 Cook County residents can expect more rainfall Monday, followed by several days of cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s and 80s through Friday, forecasters said. Dia Gill, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022 Pope Francis, however, is expected to encounter cloudy skies and mild temperatures – about 57 F or 14 C. Rob Gillies And David Crary, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022 Gray, cloudy skies and light rain didn’t stop the thousands who showed up in D.C. with ponchos, umbrellas and rain jackets – including several mass shooting survivors who traveled from across the country. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 11 June 2022 See More
Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2022 Through Tonight: There could be a brief shower amid partly to mostly cloudy skies. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Extended forecasts are showing a brief fall preview arriving Saturday with cloudy skies and much cooler temperatures to start the weekend. oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2022 Fire departments on the North Shore and in the Metro-West region, where wildfires have been flaring up in recent days and weeks, also welcomed the cloudy skies and precipitation but said more rain is needed to put out the hot spots that remain. Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 The National Weather Service’s forecast calls for a slight chance of showers through the morning hours with highs around 75, followed by mostly cloudy skies the remainder of the day and overnight lows dropping into the 60s. Mike Rose, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 Cook County residents can expect more rainfall Monday, followed by several days of cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s and 80s through Friday, forecasters said. Dia Gill, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022 Pope Francis, however, is expected to encounter cloudy skies and mild temperatures – about 57 F or 14 C. Rob Gillies And David Crary, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022 Gray, cloudy skies and light rain didn’t stop the thousands who showed up in D.C. with ponchos, umbrellas and rain jackets – including several mass shooting survivors who traveled from across the country. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 11 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
cloudy
adjective
ˈklau̇-dē
cloudier; cloudiest
1
: covered over by clouds
a cloudy sky
2
: not clear
a cloudy liquid
cloudy
adjective
1
as in muddy
having visible particles in liquid suspension the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- muddy
- turbid
- muddied
- murky
- hazy
- riley
- dingy
- roiled
- unfiltered
- muddled
- puddled
- filmy
- opaque
- scummy
- inky
- sludgy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- clear
- crystalline
- filtered
- colorless
- transparent
- purified
- crystal clear
- uncolored
- clarified
2
as in hazy
covered over by clouds the skies grew cloudy and we headed home Synonyms & Similar Words
- hazy
- clouded
- overcast
- misty
- darkened
- murky
- gray
- beclouded
- dark
- bleak
- dull
- hazed
- overclouded
- grey
- louring
- obscured
- lowering
- dim
- dimmed
- heavy
- blackened
- dusky
- black
- obscure
- overshadowed
- gloomy
- dulled
- befogged
- dreary
- cheerless
- sunless
- darksome
- bedimmed
- somber
- desolate
- dismal
- sullen
- glum
- drear
- sepulchral
- funereal
- sombre
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cloudless
- clear
- sunny
- sunshiny
- sunlit
- shiny
- dazzling
- brilliant
- radiant
- illuminated
- lighted
- lit
- brightened
- illumined
- lightened
3
as in misty
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension the room grew cloudy with smoke from the fire Synonyms & Similar Words
- hazy
- misty
- rainy
- clouded
- murky
- foggy
- smoggy
- milky
- beclouded
- overcast
- thick
- soupy
- smoky
- muddy
- befogged
- gauzy
- turbid
- stormy
- slushy
- brumous
- slimy
- mucky
- smudgy
- opaque
- sooty
- miasmic
- miasmatic
- dirty
- miry
- filmy
- miasmal
- smokey
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- clear
- cloudless
- limpid
- bright
- sunny
- unclouded
- clean
- pellucid
- translucent
- fair
- transparent
- sunshiny
- clement
4
as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer after his third failed marriage, he seemed destined to live the rest of his life in a permanently cloudy mood Synonyms & Similar Words
- dark
- bleak
- darkening
- murky
- somber
- depressing
- lonely
- depressive
- cold
- desolate
- gray
- blue
- gloomy
- solemn
- lonesome
- miserable
- morbid
- black
- grey
- chill
- dreary
- depressed
- dismal
- cheerless
- morose
- glum
- sullen
- drear
- sad
- wretched
- oppressive
- disconsolate
- sunless
- saturnine
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- forlorn
- dreich
- funereal
- comfortless
- dire
- sepulchral
- godforsaken
- elegiac
- sombre
- plutonian
- tenebrous
- dull
- dim
- elegiacal
- unhappy
- dejected
- melancholic
- grim
- negative
- hopeless
- droopy
- low
- tenebrific
- mournful
- discouraging
- pessimistic
- colorless
- desperate
- mirthless
- woebegone
- dispiriting
- down
- woeful
- disheartening
- Cimmerian
- distressful
- dismaying
- despondent
- menacing
- drab
- upsetting
- distressing
- discomfiting
- inconsolable
- hangdog
- sorrowful
- dour
- lamentable
- plaintive
- threatening
- louring
- lowery
- lowering
- loury
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- bright
- sunshiny
- cheerful
- cheery
- friendly
- festive
- cordial
- gay
- comforting
- buoyant
- joyful
- joyous
- merry
- jolly
- optimistic
- gay
- mirthful
- blithe
- hopeful
- encouraging
- heartwarming
- cheering
- blithesome
- jocund
- lighthearted
- lightsome
- uncommercial
- uncommercialized
- uncommissioned
- uncommitted
- uncommon
- uncommoner
- uncommonest
- uncommonly
- uncommonness
- uncommonnesses
- uncommunicable
- uncommunicated
- uncommunicative
- uncommunicatively
- uncommunicativeness
- uncommunicativenesses
- uncompacted
- Uncompahgre
- Uncompahgre Peak
- Uncompahgre Plateau
- uncompahgres
- uncompanied
- uncompanionable
- uncompanioned
- uncompassionate