cloudedadj.
/ˈklaʊdɪd/ 1. Covered, surrounded, or obscured, by clouds; situated in the clouds.
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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. A5v 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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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