becloud
verb
be·cloud
bi-ˈklau̇d 
bē-
beclouded; beclouding; beclouds
1
: to obscure with or as if with a cloud
2
: to prevent clear perception or realization of : muddle
prejudices that becloud his judgment
Examples of becloud in a Sentence
don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues
the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon
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But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.
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Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.
—Charles Seife, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
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Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.
—Charles Seife, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
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“Becloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/becloud. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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becloud
verb
be·cloud
bi-ˈklau̇d
: to hide as if with a cloud
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