OVERCLOUDED Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

overclouded 1 of 2

adjective

as in hazy

covered over by clouds overclouded skies are a common feature in that Dutch artist's landscape paintings

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overclouded

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verb

past tense of overcloud

as in obscured

to make dark, dim, or indistinct the eerie dusk of an approaching storm overclouded the plains

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Adjective

But the movie is a little hazy about what the father may have actually done.

— Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
The story takes place during the course of one evening, in a hazy spiritual plane where anguished souls are caught between life and the hereafter.

— Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of hazy

Verb

Both of us gravitated toward the dot cake, vanilla cake and buttercream, entirely obscured by a psychedelic layer of rainbow sprinkles, an online phenomenon neither of us had tried.

— Tanya Bush, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026
The same repositioning also obscured the screws that hold the GPU brace’s mounting bracket.

— Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscured

Adjective

But what happened inside the house remains a complicated and clouded mystery.

— Joe Holden, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Deravi’s team is focused on the Pieridae family of butterflies, which includes examples like the clouded sulfur (Colias philodice) and cabbage white (Pieris rapae).

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of clouded

Verb

His chubby forehead was creased, and a sort of hunted look darkened his eyes.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
In its latest incarnation, designed by the firm S9, the curtain wall has darkened and the electronic billboards brightened, so that the tower resembles a TV mount, more apparatus than architecture.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of darkened

Adjective

At Emporio Armani, models walked the runway in gossamer-thin tanks and misty trousers that toed the line between lavender and blue.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Base yourself in Cerro Verde or Lago de Coatepeque for crater views and misty mornings above the clouds, then climb Santa Ana Volcano.

— Angelika Pokovba, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2026

Definition of misty

Verb

Menon's photo reveals spectacular pink, purple and red auroras glowing in Earth's upper atmosphere above a sparse dappling of city lights, subtly blurred by the motion of the orbital spacecraft over the course of the exposure.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
But as the spectacle grew, the distinction between personal style and dressing for visibility became increasingly blurred.

— Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of blurred

Verb

Footage shot later at daybreak showed the house gutted, charred and blackened from the inside out.

— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
On Tuesday, a silver cross on a long chain hung from the pine tree’s bark, which was peeling and blackened from the blaze.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of blackened

Verb

The narrative and visual imagination on display is truly stunning, but they’re overshadowed by the genuine feeling in the screenplay crafted by director and Laika CEO Travis Knight and writer Chris Butler (ParaNorman, Missing Link).

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
Stockton was overshadowed by Alabama quarterback Keelon Russell throughout the week, but when the lights were bright on game day, the UGA senior was the one who stepped up.

— Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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