Entry Word: cloud

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to make dark, dim, or indistinct <unfortunately, smog clouds the view of the city from the hilltop>

Synonyms becloud, bedim, befog, blacken, blur, darken, dim, fog, haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow, shroud

Related Words blot out, conceal, hide, screen, shade; camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, veil; distort, falsify, garble, misrepresent

Near Antonyms expose, reveal, uncover, unveil; clarify, clear, purify; highlight, spotlight

Antonyms brighten, illuminate, illumine, light (up), lighten

2 to make (something) unclear to the understanding <cloud the issue with obscure statistics> — see confuse 2