as in hazy
covered over by clouds
overclouded skies are a common feature in that Dutch artist's landscape paintings
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the eerie dusk of an approaching storm overclouded the plains
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overclouded
Adjective
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Barebottle won two gold medals for Hella Jalepeño in the chile beer category and Dank Dank Revolution in the juicy or hazy strong pale ale category.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025 -
The dramatic liftoff, which was caught on video, sent two huge plumes of exhaust into the hazy sky.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Instead, two wannabe criminals, with their faces obscured by pantyhose, simply walk into the local art museum and rip the paintings right off the walls.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 Oct. 2025
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The New York Times and other outlets previously reported that Cuomo’s team obscured the full toll during the height of the crisis.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The downstream environment remains clouded by policy uncertainty.—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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But then the bakery door darkened.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Gradually, though, the prognosis darkened.—
Nicholas Thompson,
The Atlantic,
23 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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Animated characters like Tony the Tiger, Count Chocula and Fred Flintstone blurred the line between ads and morning cartoons.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Moments later, the camera zooms toward a window nearly opaque with rainwater, the outside world blurred by the downpour.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Wait until the first frost when the foliage has turned brown, wilted, or mushy and the stems have blackened.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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Trader Joe’s Cajun style blackened chicken breast fettuccine alfredo is also on the list but only affects four states – Texas not included.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The regional bank selloff last week overshadowed earnings reports from many major financial institutions.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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In his review of June Carter Cash’s lengthy career as an artist, comedian, songwriter, actor and mentor to up-and-coming artists, Young acknowledged Johnny Cash’s deep regret that his own stature overshadowed his wife’s.—
Nancy Kruh,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Overclouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overclouded. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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