cloudier; cloudiest
1
: of, relating to, or resembling cloud
cloudy smoke
2
: darkened by gloom or anxiety
a cloudy mood
3
a
: overcast with clouds
cloudy weather
b
: having a cloudy sky
a cloudy day
4
: obscure in meaning
cloudy issues
also
: uncertain as to fact or outcome
a cloudy future
5
: dimmed or dulled as if by clouds
a cloudy mirror
6
: uneven in color or texture
7
: having visible material in suspension : murky
a cloudy liquid
Examples of cloudy in a Sentence
Tomorrow will be cloudy and cold.
the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy
Recent Examples on the Web
Thursday night should see mostly cloudy skies with lows mainly in the low to mid-50s.
—
Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
The wind will be north at 5 to 7 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 15 Apr. 2024
After a four-hour drive on Saturday — with a pit stop at a ski mountain on the route for the last tracks of the season — we were met with cloudy skies, flurries, and freezing temperatures.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
Expect warmer days going into the weekend, according to the NWS, with highs topping 80 degrees and cloudy skies on Saturday and Sunday.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
There's a chance to see the eclipse in Dallas, where the skies will be partly cloudy with some passing clouds.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
As predicted, skies were cloudy across much of central and southern Texas on Monday morning, a precursor to some potentially severe weather that could rumble across the state later in the day, forecasters said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Malicious hacks and ransomware attacks, not to mention run-of-the-mill software failures, are like the weather now: partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of your app crashing or your personal information being circulated on the Dark Web.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
The breakdown of recent April 8 cloud-cover observations looks like this:
Fair — 5 days
Partly cloudy — 3 days
Mostly cloudy — 6 days
Cloudy — 10 days
Karl Schneider is an IndyStar environment reporter.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2024
Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
The wind will be north at 5 to 7 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 15 Apr. 2024
After a four-hour drive on Saturday — with a pit stop at a ski mountain on the route for the last tracks of the season — we were met with cloudy skies, flurries, and freezing temperatures.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
Expect warmer days going into the weekend, according to the NWS, with highs topping 80 degrees and cloudy skies on Saturday and Sunday.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
There's a chance to see the eclipse in Dallas, where the skies will be partly cloudy with some passing clouds.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
As predicted, skies were cloudy across much of central and southern Texas on Monday morning, a precursor to some potentially severe weather that could rumble across the state later in the day, forecasters said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Malicious hacks and ransomware attacks, not to mention run-of-the-mill software failures, are like the weather now: partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of your app crashing or your personal information being circulated on the Dark Web.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
The breakdown of recent April 8 cloud-cover observations looks like this:
Fair — 5 days
Partly cloudy — 3 days
Mostly cloudy — 6 days
Cloudy — 10 days
Karl Schneider is an IndyStar environment reporter.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Cloudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloudy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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cloudy
adjective
cloudier; cloudiest
1
: darkened by gloom or anxiety
a cloudy mood
2
: covered over by clouds
a cloudy sky
3
: dimmed or dulled as if by clouds
a cloudy mirror
4
: uneven in color or texture
5
: having visible material in suspension
the water from the faucet was cloudy
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