english
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adj. full of clouds VERBS be | start England and Wales will start cloudy. | become Later it will become cloudy with rain in places. | remain, stay It stayed cloudy for most of the day. ADV. very | rather, slightly a rather cloudy sky not clear VERBS be, look The beer looked cloudy. | become | make sth The warm water is made cloudy by adding some milk. ADV. very | rather, slightly Sometimes the drinking water becomes rather cloudy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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cloudy
with a lot of clouds:
• The weather was cold and cloudy. • cloudy skies
grey
( also gray American English ) grey in colour, because there are dark clouds – used especially in written descriptions:
• Mary looked out at the cold grey sky.
overcast
dark and completely covered with clouds:
• a chilly overcast day
leaden
literary a leaden sky is grey and full of dark clouds:
• Snow fell from a leaden sky.
gloomy
dark and cloudy, in a depressing way:
• The gloomy weather shows no sign of improving.
foggy
with thick low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use foggy especially about low-lying places:
• a foggy day in London in November
misty
with light low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use misty especially about places that are next to water or in the mountains:
• a cold misty morning
hazy
with air that looks cloudy, because there is smoke, dust, or mist in it:
• hazy sunshine
Longman-Thesaurus
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general::
adj.
overcast:
It was a cloudy day.
adj.
unclear:
He had a cloudy future.
Simple Definitions