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adjective

Definition of becloudednext
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as in clouded
covered over by clouds a gloomy, beclouded sky that aptly matched our mood

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as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension the water was so beclouded by mud that I couldn't see the bottom

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beclouded

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verb

past tense of becloud
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as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues

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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct 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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“Beclouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beclouded. Accessed 7 Feb. 2023.

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