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adjective

Cloudy adj. (compar. cloudier; superl. cloudiest)

Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

Consisting of a cloud or clouds. "As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended."

Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful. "A cloudy countenance."

Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark. "Cloudy and confused notions of things."

Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. "A cloudy diamond."

Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.

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Etymology of 'Cloudy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cloudy" Quotes from Famous Books

... in bed Curtain'd with cloudy red Pillows his chin upon an orient wave, The flocking shadows pale Troop to the infernal jail, Each fetter'd ghost slips to his several grave; And the yellow-skirted fays Fly after the ...

— The Golden Treasury - Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language • Various

... cause of widespread abortion in cows. The ergot is familiar as the dark purple or black, hard, spurlike growths which protrude from the seeds of the grasses at the period of their ripening. (Pl. V.) It is especially common, in damp localities and cloudy seasons on meadows shaded by trees and protected against the free sweep of the winds. The same is to a large extent true of smut; hence, wet years have been often remarkable for the great prevalence of abortions. Abortions have greatly increased in New Zealand among cows since the ...

— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

... gale had entirely subsided; but the wind still came from the same quarter, and the weather was cloudy. The sea had abated its fury, though the billows still rolled high, and the ship had an ugly motion. During the night, the reefs had been turned out of the topsails; the jib, flying-jib, and spanker had been set, and the Young America ...

— Outward Bound - Or, Young America Afloat • Oliver Optic

... welcome strangeness, this lyric originality, is nearly all that M. De Banville has in common with the English poet whose two priceless volumes were published in the same year as "Les Cariatides?" The melody of Mr. Tennyson's lines, the cloudy palaces of ...

— Essays in Little • Andrew Lang

... sun was sinking slow, And twilight spread a rosy glow Around its single star, His eye the western sea's expanse Would search, creating by its glance Some cloudy land afar. ...

— Leading Articles on Various Subjects • Hugh Miller

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