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

Many glass cleaners use ammonia to cut through grease and grime, but instead of leaving your appliances polished and shiny, the pungent solution can actually leave a streaky, cloudy sheen on stainless steel. — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026

Tuesday will start mostly cloudy before skies gradually clear, with a high near 77 degrees. — The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026

Sitting down for a chat on the last day of the Telluride Film Festival, as rain threatened to break through the cloudy sky, Jenkins seemed on the precipice of a new chapter in his career. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026

Southeast winds of 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon will lead to partly cloudy skies at night, with evening temps bottoming out around 76 before sunrise Tuesday. — Roberto Villalpando, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026