adjective
cloudy
KLOW-dee/ˈklaʊdi/
Obscured by clouds or suspended material.
The cloudy sky stretches above a quiet patch of green countryside.
Etymology
Cloudy originally meant rocky or hilly. As cloud came to describe sky masses resembling heaps of rock, the adjective acquired its familiar meaning of being full of atmospheric clouds.
In context
take some of the Earth's radiation that is uh being sent up into the atmosphere clouds will tend to send that back down to the Earth uh so if it's cloudy
More examples
- The forecast calls for a cloudy morning with no rain.
- Stirring the sediment makes the water cloudy.
- The lake looks cloudier after a heavy rain.
Forms
cloudy · cloudier · cloudiest
cloudiness noun — The condition of being covered or unclear.
Similar words
- overcast
- Describes a sky almost entirely covered with clouds.
- murky
- Suggests darkness or dirt that makes water difficult to see through.
- hazy
- Suggests reduced visibility from fine particles or moisture in air.