cloudingn.
/ˈklaʊdɪŋ/ 1. The action of cloud v.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality
drear1563
dreariment1579
drearihead1591
cloudinessa1600
dismalness1620
dolesomeness1625
cheerlessnessa1631
joylessnessa1631
drearihood1647
clouding1654
dismality1723
dreariness1727
mirthlessness1727
sombre1795
undelighta1822
sombreness1847
sombrousness1847
unhomelikeness1858
drearness1861
comfortlessness1865
unhomeliness1879
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > rendering obscure
clouding1654
scumbling1977
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 269 History..tainted with cloudings of Truth.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 31 For all thy frownings and thy cloudings.
1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 20 More expedient for ye clouding than clearing of the Scriptures.
2. concrete.
a. A cloudy marking.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > cloudy patch
clouda1616
milkiness1791
clouding1849
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 131 Variable cloudings in the most vivid colour.
1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vi. 155 The cloudings of the tortoise-shell.
b. A cloudy streak or part in a clear substance. (Mostly in plural.)
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1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 719/1 Being a mountain streamlet, it bears along..rootlets, scales of mica, cloudings of earthy substance, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
cloudingadj.
That clouds; that is becoming clouded or dim.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast > becoming
over-clouding1792
clouding1868
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision
darkOE
dima1220
bissona1250
murka1300
mistedc1450
obfuscatec1487
spurblind1508
sand-blind1538
dim-sighted1561
blinking1568
dimmed1590
weak-sighteda1591
purblind1592
sand-eyed1592
thick-eyed1598
left-eyed1609
mole-eyed1610
blindish1611
mole-sighted1625
sanded1629
veiled1633
weak-eyed1645
scotomatical1656
mole-blinda1660
swimming1697
wavering1842
foggy1847
scotomatous1866
clouding1868
wall-eyed1873
1868 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 38 The old strength of sight and of flight had passed from weary wing and clouding eye.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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