BECLOUDS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

beclouds

verb

present tense third-person singular of becloud

as in confuses

to make (something) unclear to the understanding don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues

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as in obscures

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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These opportunists drown out the core mission, creating a cacophony of competing voices that confuses donors, crowd the inboxes of CEOs and members of Congress with colliding petitions, and paralyzes meaningful action by draining critical funding and attention away from the truly effective groups.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
But nobody confuses Harvard Extension School classes with the real thing.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of confuses

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Instead, Cubans turn to the internet, reading abroad what their government obfuscates or denies at home.

— Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 9 July 2026
His bad-boy swagger externally obfuscates his heart of gold, but his goodness and morality are apparent.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

Definition of obfuscates

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The result blurs the line between shimmer and velvet-matte, and looks like condensation fogging up a glass.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 July 2026
Critics say the reading list lacks diversity, blurs the separation of church and state that is enshrined in the Constitution and leaves teachers and students with little room to decide what to read.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026

Definition of blurs

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The recent explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket on its launch pad in Florida also clouds ULA’s return-to-flight plans for Vulcan.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Mamdani has done the same, but Sherman’s own bias against Muslims clouds his judgment.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026

Definition of clouds

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Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until mixture darkens slightly, about 3 minutes.

— Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026
Citizen scientists are invited to build their own instrument to measure changes that occur in the atmosphere when the sky momentarily darkens.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 June 2026

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