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cloud·y    Audio Help   [klou-dee] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, cloud·i·er, cloud·i·est.
1.full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
2.having little or no sunshine: a cloudy but rainless day.
3.of or like a cloud or clouds; pertaining to clouds.
4.having cloudlike markings: cloudy marble.
5.not clear or transparent: He could not see through the cloudy liquid.
6.obscure; indistinct.
7.darkened by gloom, trouble, etc.
8.under suspicion, disgrace, etc.: a gambler with a cloudy reputation.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME cloudi, OE clūdig rocky, hilly. See cloud, -y1]

—Related forms
cloud·i·ly, adverb
cloud·i·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1, 2. murky, lowering, shadowy, gloomy, depressing. 5. murky, turbid, muddy, opaque, shadowy. 6. dim, blurred, shadowy, unclear, befogged, muddled, confused. 7. gloomy, lowering. 8. shadowy.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  cloudy
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  dark, dim, dismal, dreary, dull, filmy, gloomy, hazy, indistinct, lowery, mottled, murky, nebulous, obscure, opaque, overcast, shady, sullen, turbid, vague, variegated, blurred, dimmed, gray, lowering, nubilous, overclouded, tarnished
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  ambiguous
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Liable to more than one interpretation.
Synonyms:  equivocal, inexplicit, nebulous, obscure, uncertain, unclear, vague
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  filmy
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Covered by or as if by a thin coating or film.
Synonyms:  blurry, dim, hazy, misty
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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