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

Key Takeaways Avoid swimming in cloudy water or areas with visible debris after a heavy rainstorm. — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2026

Over time, these harsh or oily formulas leave behind residue that dulls the shine and attracts dirt, making your floors look cloudy instead of clean. — Martha Stewart, 8 Aug. 2026

Some participants chose vials with liquid to dissolve the semaglutide powder that were expired, had floating particles in them or were cloudy. — C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

But a couple of days before totality, the forecast showed cloudy skies on the day of the eclipse. — Lucie McCormick, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026