Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cloudy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cloudy \Cloud"y\, a. [Compar. {Cloudier}; superl. {Cloudiest}.]
[From Cloud, n.]
1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy
sky.
2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy
pillar descended. --Ex. xxxiii.
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3. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not
open or cheerful. ``A cloudy countenance.'' --Shak.
4. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
Cloudy and confused notions of things. --Watts.
5. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. ``A cloudy
diamond.'' --Boyle.
6. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as
marble.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cloudy
adj 1: lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues
toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous
distinction between pride and conceit" [syn: {nebulose},
{nebulous}]
2: (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy
liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: {muddy}, {mirky},
{murky}, {turbid}]
3: (meteorology) full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"
[ant: {clear}]
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