Definitions for clouded

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clouded cloud·ed

Spelling: [klou-did]

IPA: /ˈklaʊ dɪd/

Clouded is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in clouded (cddelou).

Definitions for clouded

noun

1. a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
2. any similar mass, especially of smoke or dust.
3. a dim or obscure area in something otherwise clear or transparent.
4. a patch or spot differing in color from the surrounding surface.
5. anything that obscures or darkens something, or causes gloom, trouble, suspicion, disgrace, etc.
6. a great number of insects, birds, etc., flying together:
7. Digital Technology. any of several, often proprietary, parts of the Internet that allow online processing and storage of documents and data as well as electronic access to software and other resources (usually preceded by the):

Idioms

1. in the clouds, in a condition of absent-mindedness; lost in reverie. impractical:
2. on a cloud, Informal. exceedingly happy; in high spirits:
3. under a cloud, in disgrace; under suspicion:

adjective

1. confused; muddled; disordered:
2. covered with or as if with clouds.
3. of or relating to cloud computing:
4. relating to or doing business on the Internet:

verb (used with object)

1. to overspread or cover with, or as with, a cloud or clouds:
2. to overshadow; obscure; darken:
3. to make gloomy.
4. (of distress, anxiety, etc.) to reveal itself in (a part of one's face):
5. to make obscure or indistinct; confuse:
6. to place under suspicion, disgrace, etc.
7. to variegate with patches of another color.

verb (used without object)

1. to grow cloudy; become clouded.
2. (of a part of one's face) to reveal one's distress, anxiety, etc.:

Origin of clouded

First recorded in 1590-1600; cloud + -ed²

Examples for clouded

I knew my story would be clouded in secrecy, overflowing with spies and agents wanting the man at the end of that deal.

The walls are lined with clouded glass and throw a touch of art deco into the design mix.

Her face lit up with a reminiscent smile, and then clouded again.

The most fundamental terms in that definition—enemy and success—are clouded by uncertainty in Iraq.

Newbury read it first with eagerness, then with a clouded brow.

For instance, there was Ried, who went on his way with a clouded brow.

It had not been clouded, except for a passing moment, until now.

With clouded brow he eagerly scanned the empty fields, hoping for help.

Apparently, he thinks people who love someone with Down syndrome simply must be clouded by sentiment, and unable to see reason.

Like so many, the thought of a life without the Clintons strikes me as more than a little sad, and so my judgment may be clouded.