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as in hazy
covered over by clouds
clouded skies did not diminish our fun
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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
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Recent Examples of clouded
Sj Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
This may be a one-off in an area — AI and the need for the US to win — that’s less clouded by the ideology that drives the president.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
My feelings about Euphoria are fairly clouded now by all the drama surrounding the production.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Post-pandemic immigration surges, followed by stricter enforcement, distorted many traditional labor-market signals and clouded real-time interpretation of headline statistics.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
When the cornea is clouded or scarred, the pathway is blocked even if the retina itself is healthy.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And whatever’s not white is clouded steel.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Graux’s 16mm photography is equal parts raw and opulent, and the sound design, by Trương and Ernst Karel, pays justice to every living creature (bees, monkeys, tigers, bats) under a perpetually clouded sun.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
However, there’s no denying the Lilly story — one of the stock market’s finest outside of AI in recent years — has become clouded.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
As the war dragged on, Democrats seized that statement as evidence of how Cheney's determination to go to war had clouded his judgment.
—Don Gonyea, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Judgment clouded by the mania of macros.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
Gone is the cynicism that clouded the Biden era.
—Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The marine theme park’s storied legacy has been clouded by accusations of animal mistreatment and an eventual eviction notice.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
The college football gods have blessed us with another exciting slate of games, including three Top 25 matchups, a Michigan trip to USC and a Red River game clouded by the injury status of a Heisman candidate.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
As the mystery clouded his disappearance, however, Newton-John fell in love, marrying businessman John Easterling in 2008.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
The revolution has clouded the fact that, in the past quarter century, Nepal has managed, mostly peacefully, to make considerable progress.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The downstream environment remains clouded by policy uncertainty.
—Sj Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
This may be a one-off in an area — AI and the need for the US to win — that’s less clouded by the ideology that drives the president.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
My feelings about Euphoria are fairly clouded now by all the drama surrounding the production.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Post-pandemic immigration surges, followed by stricter enforcement, distorted many traditional labor-market signals and clouded real-time interpretation of headline statistics.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
When the cornea is clouded or scarred, the pathway is blocked even if the retina itself is healthy.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And whatever’s not white is clouded steel.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Graux’s 16mm photography is equal parts raw and opulent, and the sound design, by Trương and Ernst Karel, pays justice to every living creature (bees, monkeys, tigers, bats) under a perpetually clouded sun.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
However, there’s no denying the Lilly story — one of the stock market’s finest outside of AI in recent years — has become clouded.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
However, this optimistic outlook is clouded by significant legal uncertainty.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
As the war dragged on, Democrats seized that statement as evidence of how Cheney's determination to go to war had clouded his judgment.
—Don Gonyea, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Judgment clouded by the mania of macros.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
Gone is the cynicism that clouded the Biden era.
—Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The marine theme park’s storied legacy has been clouded by accusations of animal mistreatment and an eventual eviction notice.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
The college football gods have blessed us with another exciting slate of games, including three Top 25 matchups, a Michigan trip to USC and a Red River game clouded by the injury status of a Heisman candidate.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
As the mystery clouded his disappearance, however, Newton-John fell in love, marrying businessman John Easterling in 2008.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
The revolution has clouded the fact that, in the past quarter century, Nepal has managed, mostly peacefully, to make considerable progress.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clouded
Adjective
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As her body began to shiver and her mind grew hazy, extraction efforts only became more difficult.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the new Bay View taproom, the brewery will serve small runs as well as Solemn Oath Brewery staples, such as its popular Lü Kölsch, Snaggletooth Bandana IPA, Small Wave City Club hazy IPA and Kidnapped by Vikings IPA.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And don’t forget to take in the surrounding Carpathian Mountain landscape with its misty dense forest and nearby castles and medieval towns that are equally worthy of a visit.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Amelia Gray Hamlin Amelia Gray Hamlin partnered her black lace get-up with a sinister makeup look involving misty gray shadow.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The driver then gets out and walks toward the back end of the truck, which is obscured from the camera by the tree.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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The seafloor had once been obscured beneath a thick ice shelf, but that changed in July 2017 when the massive A68 iceberg calved from the Larsen C Ice Shelf.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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The lot of us, dressed in our finery, descend upon the event, bidding a quick hello to Ronson and earning some stares from the upstate locals, confused by our presence—and matching outfits.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her daughter was confused, and eventually asked Nasser for an explanation as to what had been said.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By becoming the light in a darkened world, everyone becomes a firefly that helps to illuminate the way back home to each other.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Philadelphia 76ers' immediate and medium-term future looked murky coming into this season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Still, Kenya’s longer-term political outlook just got a lot murkier, as the scramble to win over Odinga’s supporters will intensify in the months ahead.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the lines are becoming increasingly blurred in numerous other controversies that have fomented since Kirk’s death.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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Based on legal proceedings and real investigations, The Monster of Florence revisits one of Italy’s darkest chapters through the eyes of those accused over the years—the possible monsters—exposing how hysteria and speculation blurred the line between truth and myth.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Amazon Unlike Brazil’s major cities, where the action ramps up in summer, the Amazon starts to quiet down in large part because of the arrival of the rainy season, which is at its peak from December to March.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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While spring is the most popular climbing season, as weather is favorable on tall peaks, hundreds of foreign climbers come to climb smaller peaks during the autumn, between the rainy monsoon months and winter.—
Manish Paudel,
NBC news,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Clouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clouded. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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