Synonyms of cloudy

cloudy

adjective

ˈklau̇-dē 

1

as in muddy

having visible particles in liquid suspension

the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• muddy
• turbid
• murky
• muddied
• hazy
• dingy
• unfiltered
• roiled
• muddled
• puddled
• scummy
• filmy
• riley
• opaque
• sludgy
• inky

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• crystalline
• crystal clear
• filtered
• colorless
• purified
• transparent
• uncolored
• clarified

2

as in hazy

covered over by clouds

the skies grew cloudy and we headed home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hazy
• clouded
• darkened
• overcast
• misty
• murky
• gray
• bleak
• dark
• dull
• overclouded
• beclouded
• hazed
• lowering
• heavy
• dim
• obscured
• blackened
• dusky
• dimmed
• obscure
• black
• dulled
• gloomy
• darksome
• dreary
• cheerless
• somber
• dismal
• desolate
• sullen
• bedimmed
• overshadowed
• befogged
• glum
• drear
• sepulchral
• sunless
• funereal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• cloudless
• sunny
• sunlit
• sunshiny
• brilliant
• shiny
• radiant
• dazzling
• illuminated
• lit
• illumined
• lightened
• brightened

3

as in misty

filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension

the room grew cloudy with smoke from the fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hazy
• misty
• rainy
• murky
• clouded
• foggy
• smoggy
• thick
• milky
• smoky
• overcast
• soupy
• muddy
• gauzy
• beclouded
• befogged
• turbid
• stormy
• brumous
• slimy
• slushy
• mucky
• smudgy
• opaque
• sooty
• miasmatic
• dirty
• miasmic
• filmy
• miasmal
• miry

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• cloudless
• limpid
• bright
• clean
• sunny
• unclouded
• pellucid
• fair
• transparent
• translucent
• sunshiny
• clement

4

as in dark

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

after his third failed marriage, he seemed destined to live the rest of his life in a permanently cloudy mood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dark
• bleak
• somber
• lonely
• depressing
• murky
• depressive
• darkening
• desolate
• cold
• gray
• solemn
• blue
• miserable
• lonesome
• morbid
• gloomy
• black
• depressed
• chill
• dreary
• dismal
• cheerless
• morose
• sullen
• sad
• wretched
• glum
• funereal
• oppressive
• drear
• disconsolate
• lugubrious
• saturnine
• forlorn
• dire
• melancholy
• comfortless
• sepulchral
• elegiac
• dreich
• sunless
• dull
• dim
• unhappy
• tenebrous
• godforsaken
• plutonian
• melancholic
• negative
• Cimmerian
• dejected
• hopeless
• desperate
• mournful
• grim
• low
• discouraging
• droopy
• tenebrific
• pessimistic
• mirthless
• woebegone
• dispiriting
• despondent
• woeful
• distressing
• colorless
• distressful
• inconsolable
• disheartening
• dismaying
• menacing
• upsetting
• drab
• down
• sorrowful
• lamentable
• dour
• hangdog
• discomfiting
• plaintive
• threatening
• lowering
• lowery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bright
• cheerful
• friendly
• sunshiny
• cheery
• festive
• gay
• cordial
• comforting
• buoyant
• joyful
• merry
• joyous
• jolly
• gay
• optimistic
• mirthful
• blithe
• hopeful
• encouraging
• cheering
• heartwarming
• blithesome
• jocund
• lighthearted
• lightsome

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cloudy

Short time-lapse of part of this morning’s first pass of ICEYE-X36 (59103) and COSMOS 2612 (68762) over South America under partly cloudy skies. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

And that's apt, according to the leader of the new study, which reveals that, chemically speaking, the atmospheres of these dark and cloudy worlds are not unlike those of our solar system's gas giant planets. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Once storms roll through, things will change with temperatures falling for the afternoon, light rain and drizzle around, and cloudy ominous skies. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Simmer the soup for about 3 hours more, checking every half hour to skim off any impurities and adding water as needed (see Note), until the broth turns cloudy and the meat on the oxtails is tender and slightly falling off the bone. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026