Synonyms of clouded

clouded 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in hazy

covered over by clouds

clouded skies did not diminish our fun

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in misty

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

with only a clouded view of the valley before, we canceled the hang gliding

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

clouded

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verb

past tense of cloud

1

as in obscured

to make dark, dim, or indistinct

the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obscured
• blurred
• darkened
• blackened
• overshadowed
• shrouded
• dimmed
• fogged
• beclouded
• shadowed
• hazed
• overcast
• misted
• overclouded
• bedimmed
• befogged
• eclipsed
• concealed
• bleared
• shaded
• covered
• obliterated
• hid
• dislimned
• fuzzed (up)
• masked
• adumbrated
• cloaked
• veiled
• blotted out
• camouflaged
• screened
• curtained
• disguised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brightened
• illuminated
• lit (up)
• revealed
• exposed
• lightened
• illumined
• uncovered
• unveiled

2

as in confused

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

cloud the issue with obscure statistics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confused
• blurred
• beclouded
• fogged
• muddied
• obfuscated
• complicated
• disrupted
• befogged
• perplexed
• sophisticated
• tangled
• snarled
• upset
• muddled
• jumbled
• entangled
• disordered
• scrambled
• disarranged
• shuffled
• disheveled
• tousled
• disturbed
• mixed (up)
• disarrayed
• discomposed
• messed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarified
• illuminated
• cleared (up)
• simplified
• streamlined
• straightened (out)
• disentangled
• unraveled
• analyzed
• undid
• deciphered
• decoded
• untangled
• broke down
• unscrambled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clouded

Adjective

Cognitive dysfunction, trouble focusing or clouded thinking during chemotherapy treatments is common among many cancer patients. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

But in 1982, the waters of public opinion were far murkier—clouded by distance, by denial, and by the convenient myth of neutrality. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

As lovers of the first film know, Paul is blessed with visions of the future, but his mind has grown clouded since assuming control of the galaxy. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 July 2026

And that without this European environment and these European roots, the economic outlook is, at the very least, clouded. — Mike Sheen, CNBC, 3 July 2026

Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 23 June 2026

Smoke clouded swaths of Los Angeles for a sixth day Monday, after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Boyle Heights area. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 22 June 2026

For a coach who has enjoyed the level of success Tortorella has with Vegas, the answer is unusually clouded. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 16 June 2026

The last years of his life were sort of clouded by that. — John Blake, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

Verb

The Sunda clouded leopard stalks the dense rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra in search of bearded pigs and mouse deer to prey on. — Douglas Main, Scientific American, 17 July 2026

Although Martha’s thoughts are clouded by her desire to undo Anne’s condition, her section also abides by the terms of realism, never straying too far from what could be considered ordinary life. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Let’s demand our politicians provide more support for renewable energy since their point of view appears to be clouded by fossil fuel lobbyists and a stunted vision for the future. — Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

The Americans, meanwhile, beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32 to reach the Round of 16 for the first time since 2014, only to be undone by Belgium on July 6 in a match that was clouded by controversy (more on that below). — Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Global foreign investment rose last year, the UN said Tuesday, but warned that this year’s outlook is clouded by trade policy uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

Each features clouded bubbles to suggest aging, and the Air Max 90 takes the idea further with a distressed upper in the Infrared colorway. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 June 2026

Press speculation and misinformation clouded many details of the Black Dahlia case, including the origin of the nickname. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 June 2026

Yet within weeks of Trump declaring the rehabilitation completed in time for Independence Day, the water was plagued by a vivid green algae bloom that clouded the pool’s coating. — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 24 June 2026