dictionary definitions for "cloudy"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  cloudy
      adj 1: lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues
             toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous
             distinction between pride and conceit" [syn:
             nebulose, nebulous]
      2: (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy
         liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: muddy,
         mirky, murky, turbid]
      3: full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies" [ant:
         clear]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cloudy \Cloud"y\ (kloud"[u^]), a. [Compar. Cloudier; superl.
     Cloudiest.] [From Cloud, n.]
     1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy
        sky.
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     2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
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              As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy
              pillar descended.                     --Ex. xxxiii.
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     3. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not
        open or cheerful. "A cloudy countenance." --Shak.
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     4. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
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              Cloudy and confused notions of things. --Watts.
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     5. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. "A cloudy
        diamond." --Boyle.
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     6. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as
        marble.
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