cloudedadj.

/ˈklaʊdɪd/

Etymology: < cloud v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Covered, surrounded, or obscured, by clouds; situated in the clouds.

ΘΚΠ

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

enclouded1591

clouded1597

beclouded1875

1597 Bp. J. Hall Defiance to Enuy in Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. sig. A5^v And vainly faint in hopelesse following The clouded paths her natiue drosse denies.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D3 A Clowded sitting.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 607 The Moon Rising in clouded Majestie.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. xxxvii. 267 The clouded heaven lowered bloody red.

a. Having cloud-like markings. clouded yellow butterfly: a butterfly of the genus Colias, esp. C. Edusa. clouded leopard, clouded tiger, a large, mainly arboreal, species of the cat family, Neofelis nebulosa, of southern Asia (see tiger n. 2b).

ΘΚΠ

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

cloudy1676

clouded1682

nebulous1805

nebulose1826

random1874

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Colias > member of

yellow1794

clouded yellow butterfly1827

sulphur1832

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > miscellaneous wild or big cats

ouncec1400

wild catc1400

catamountain?a1475

mountain cat1625

lion1630

tiger-cat1699

carcajou1760

kinkajou1760

serval1775

wood-cat1791

roof cat1872

clouded tiger1879

big cat1886

clouded leopard1910

mitlaa1925

1682 London Gaz. No. 1685/4 A mix'd Stuff Suit, and clouded Stockings.

1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 366 The nice Conduct of a clouded Cane.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 302 The handle..Wrought of the clouded olive's easy grain.

1796 Hull Advertiser 5 Mar. 2/2 A lot of Clouded Silks.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. ii, in Poems 83 And thus, with clouded Cane, a Fop complete, He stalk'd.

1827 L. Jermyn Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum (new ed.) 90–1 Colias Helice, White Clouded Yellow. Colias Hyale, Pale Clouded Yellow.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 84 The Clouded Tiger (Felis macrocelis) seems to be of a less mischievous disposition than many of the other cats.

1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 56 Felis nebulosa, Clouded Tiger. Hab. Assam.

1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 559/2 Little is known of the habits of the clouded leopard, but it preys on small mammals and birds, and rarely comes to the ground.

b. Of transparent bodies: Having patches of dimness or obscurity, dimmed (cf. cloud n. 6a).

ΘΚΠ

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

clouded1693

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

infectc1384

nebulated1486

nubilate?1518

clouded1693

bedimmed1791

dimmed1839

pea-soupy1859

1693 R. Redding in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 659/2 I have sent you..a few of the Pearls, though clouded and little worth.

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. ii Stir it well..to prevent its being clouded.

a1887 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles (1888) iii. xii. 374 Through clouded spectacles.

3. figurative.

a. Of the mind: Darkened or obscured (by ignorance, etc.). Of ideas or perception: Obscure, dim, indistinct; mystical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adjective] > made dull

rebated1574

offuscated1611

moon-eyed1623

cloudeda1628

moon-blind1648

a1628 J. Preston Serm. before His Majestie (1630) 2 No ground in scripture for their clouded..opinions.

1783 W. Mason tr. C. A. Dufresnoy Art of Painting lviii. (R.) No beauty beaming on his clouded mind.

1819 W. Wordsworth Waggoner iii. 12 Benjamin, with clouded brains.

b. Involved in obscurity.

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

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 36 There be..some places in those Books that remain clouded.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. §13. 92 This..hath opened to us an involved and clouded Subject.

4. figurative. Darkened with any passion or trouble; gloomy.

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

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comfortless1576

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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

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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

1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 176 Clouded courage once again shone clear.

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 361 With clouded looks, a pale assembly sate.

1866 H. B. Stowe Little Foxes 119 She sits with a clouded brow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	clouded
释义	cloudedadj. /ˈklaʊdɪd/ Etymology: < cloud v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Covered, surrounded, or obscured, by clouds; situated in the clouds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > covered in cloud enclouded1591 clouded1597 beclouded1875 1597 Bp. J. Hall Defiance to Enuy in Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. sig. A5^v And vainly faint in hopelesse following The clouded paths her natiue drosse denies. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D3 A Clowded sitting. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 607 The Moon Rising in clouded Majestie. View more context for this quotation 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. xxxvii. 267 The clouded heaven lowered bloody red. 2. a. Having cloud-like markings. clouded yellow butterfly: a butterfly of the genus Colias, esp. C. Edusa. clouded leopard, clouded tiger, a large, mainly arboreal, species of the cat family, Neofelis nebulosa, of southern Asia (see tiger n. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > having cloudy markings cloudy1676 clouded1682 nebulous1805 nebulose1826 random1874 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Colias > member of yellow1794 clouded yellow butterfly1827 sulphur1832 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > miscellaneous wild or big cats ouncec1400 wild catc1400 catamountain?a1475 mountain cat1625 lion1630 tiger-cat1699 carcajou1760 kinkajou1760 serval1775 wood-cat1791 roof cat1872 clouded tiger1879 big cat1886 clouded leopard1910 mitlaa1925 1682 London Gaz. No. 1685/4 A mix'd Stuff Suit, and clouded Stockings. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 366 The nice Conduct of a clouded Cane. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 302 The handle..Wrought of the clouded olive's easy grain. 1796 Hull Advertiser 5 Mar. 2/2 A lot of Clouded Silks. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. ii, in Poems 83 And thus, with clouded Cane, a Fop complete, He stalk'd. 1827 L. Jermyn Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum (new ed.) 90–1 Colias Helice, White Clouded Yellow. Colias Hyale, Pale Clouded Yellow. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 84 The Clouded Tiger (Felis macrocelis) seems to be of a less mischievous disposition than many of the other cats. 1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 56 Felis nebulosa, Clouded Tiger. Hab. Assam. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 559/2 Little is known of the habits of the clouded leopard, but it preys on small mammals and birds, and rarely comes to the ground. b. Of transparent bodies: Having patches of dimness or obscurity, dimmed (cf. cloud n. 6a). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [adjective] > partly clouded1693 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > dimmed infectc1384 nebulated1486 nubilate?1518 clouded1693 bedimmed1791 dimmed1839 pea-soupy1859 1693 R. Redding in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 659/2 I have sent you..a few of the Pearls, though clouded and little worth. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. ii Stir it well..to prevent its being clouded. a1887 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles (1888) iii. xii. 374 Through clouded spectacles. 3. figurative. a. Of the mind: Darkened or obscured (by ignorance, etc.). Of ideas or perception: Obscure, dim, indistinct; mystical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adjective] > made dull rebated1574 offuscated1611 moon-eyed1623 cloudeda1628 moon-blind1648 a1628 J. Preston Serm. before His Majestie (1630) 2 No ground in scripture for their clouded..opinions. 1783 W. Mason tr. C. A. Dufresnoy Art of Painting lviii. (R.) No beauty beaming on his clouded mind. 1819 W. Wordsworth Waggoner iii. 12 Benjamin, with clouded brains. b. Involved in obscurity. 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 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 36 There be..some places in those Books that remain clouded. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. §13. 92 This..hath opened to us an involved and clouded Subject. 4. figurative. Darkened with any passion or trouble; gloomy. 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 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 176 Clouded courage once again shone clear. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 361 With clouded looks, a pale assembly sate. 1866 H. B. Stowe Little Foxes 119 She sits with a clouded brow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1597
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