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Antonyms for clouded

Grammar : Adj
Spell : klou-did
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklaʊ dɪd

Definition of clouded

Origin :
  • Old English clud "mass of rock, hill," related to clod. Metaphoric extension to "raincloud, mass of evaporated water in the sky" is attested by c.1200 based on similarity of cumulus clouds and rock masses. The usual Old English word for "cloud" was weolcan. In Middle English, skie also originally meant "cloud."
  • The four fundamental types of cloud classification (cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus) were proposed by British amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772-1864) in 1802. Figuratively, as something that casts a shadow, from early 15c.; hence under a cloud (c.1500). In the clouds "removed from earthly things; obscure, fanciful, unreal" is from 1640s. Cloud-compeller translates (poetically) Greek nephelegereta, a Homeric epithet of Zeus.
  • adj ambiguous
  • adj murky
Example sentences :
  • For instance, there was Ried, who went on his way with a clouded brow.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • With clouded brow he eagerly scanned the empty fields, hoping for help.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • It had not been clouded, except for a passing moment, until now.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Her face lit up with a reminiscent smile, and then clouded again.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • Newbury read it first with eagerness, then with a clouded brow.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • He then took from the file one of the Venetian glasses of clouded white.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • She had listened with a clouded expression and her head on one side.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • And so he turned again with his clouded looks to the people.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • He put up his hands to his eyes to rub the moisture that clouded them away.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Martine, sitting on her heels, was looking fixedly on the ground with a clouded face.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for clouded

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