Synonyms for cloudiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : klou-dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈklaʊ di

Définition of cloudiness

Origin : Old English cludig "rocky, hilly, full of cliffs;" see cloud (n.). Meaning "of the nature of clouds" is recorded from c.1300; meaning "full of clouds" is late 14c.; that of "not clear" is from 1580s. Figurative sense of "gloomy" is late 14c. Related: Cloudiness; cloudily.

noun vagueness

Example sentences :

She loved him with too clear a vision to fear his cloudiness.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

There is not the least cloudiness about Mr. Mozley's meaning here.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

Bacteria produce a cloudiness which will not clear upon filtration.
Extract from : « A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis » by James Campbell Todd

Rainfall, moisture, and cloudiness are most important in growing pears.
Extract from : « The Pears of New York » by U. P. Hedrick

The degree of cloudiness gives an idea of the amount of oil present.
Extract from : « Detection of the Common Food Adulterants » by Edwin M. Bruce

Are these the same winds as those which give us the most cloudiness?
Extract from : « Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology » by Robert DeCourcy Ward

A cloudiness in words and a cloudiness of arrangement began to be visible.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott » by Richard H. Hutton

Cloudiness what is cloudiness, is it a lining, is it a roll, is it melting.
Extract from : « Tender Buttons » by Gertrude Stein

Cloudiness about .05, but our ordinary shower has not yet reached us, though I hear thunder in the distance.
Extract from : « My First Summer in the Sierra » by John Muir

The weather pure gold, cloudiness about .05, white cirrus flects and pencilings around the horizon.
Extract from : « My First Summer in the Sierra » by John Muir

Antonyms for cloudiness

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