becloud
verb
be·cloud bi-ˈklau̇d 
bē-
beclouded; beclouding; beclouds
transitive verb
1
: to obscure with or as if with a cloud
2
: to prevent clear perception or realization of : muddle
prejudices that becloud his judgment
Synonyms
- befog
- blur
- cloud
- confuse
- fog
- muddy
- obfuscate
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Example Sentences
don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon
Recent Examples on the Web But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus. 
Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019 His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak. Charles Seife, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019 His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak. Charles Seife, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1
beclouded 1 of 2
adjective
1
as in clouded
covered over by clouds a gloomy, beclouded sky that aptly matched our mood Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- clouded
- hazy
- darkened
- overclouded
- misty
- murky
- cloudy
- overcast
- hazed
- gray
- dimmed
- obscured
- bleak
- lowering
- louring
- dull
- dark
- blackened
- bedimmed
- dim
- overshadowed
- dulled
- befogged
- obscure
- grey
- dusky
- black
- heavy
- darksome
- cheerless
- gloomy
- sullen
- somber
- desolate
- drear
- dismal
- sunless
- funereal
- sepulchral
- glum
- dreary
- sombre
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- clear
- cloudless
- sunlit
- sunny
- illuminated
- sunshiny
- dazzling
- radiant
- lighted
- brilliant
- illumined
- lit
- shiny
- lightened
- brightened
2
as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension the water was so beclouded by mud that I couldn't see the bottom Synonyms & Similar Words
- hazy
- clouded
- misty
- murky
- rainy
- foggy
- befogged
- cloudy
- smoggy
- milky
- smoky
- thick
- soupy
- gauzy
- muddy
- overcast
- turbid
- brumous
- stormy
- miasmic
- slimy
- miasmatic
- miry
- mucky
- sooty
- slushy
- smudgy
- opaque
- miasmal
- dirty
- smokey
- filmy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- clear
- limpid
- unclouded
- cloudless
- bright
- pellucid
- clean
- sunny
- fair
- transparent
- translucent
- sunshiny
- clement
beclouded
2 of 2verb
1
as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues Synonyms & Similar Words
- confused
- clouded
- blurred
- fogged
- obfuscated
- muddied
- befogged
- complicated
- disrupted
- perplexed
- sophisticated
- tangled
- disordered
- muddled
- snarled
- disarranged
- upset
- disarrayed
- jumbled
- discomposed
- entangled
- disheveled
- tousled
- disturbed
- scrambled
- shuffled
- dishevelled
- mixed (up)
- messed (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- illuminated
- clarified
- cleared (up)
- simplified
- streamlined
- straightened (out)
- disentangled
- unraveled
- analyzed
- decoded
- deciphered
- undid
- broke down
- untangled
- unscrambled
2
as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon Synonyms & Similar Words
- obscured
- darkened
- blurred
- clouded
- blackened
- dimmed
- shrouded
- overshadowed
- overclouded
- bedimmed
- fogged
- shadowed
- bleared
- overcast
- hazed
- befogged
- misted
- concealed
- eclipsed
- dislimned
- shaded
- adumbrated
- obliterated
- hid
- covered
- fuzzed (up)
- veiled
- masked
- cloaked
- blotted out
- curtained
- camouflaged
- disguised
- screened
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- brightened
- illuminated
- lit (up)
- lighted (up)
- illumined
- lightened
- revealed
- exposed
- uncovered
- unveiled