Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cloud

8 senses of cloud

Sense 1
overcast, cloud -- (make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches")
       => darken -- (make dark or darker; "darken a room")
          Phrasal Verb-> cloud over#1; cloud up#1

Sense 2
obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist -- (make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley")
       => hide, conceal -- (prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money")

Sense 3
cloud -- (billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above the houses")
       => billow, wallow -- (rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky")

Sense 4
cloud -- (make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness")
       => affect, impress, move, strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")

Sense 5
defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud -- (place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation")
       => mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate -- (make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty")

Sense 6
cloud -- (make less clear; "the stroke clouded memories of her youth")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 7
mottle, dapple, cloud -- (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)
       => spot -- (mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify")

Sense 8
cloud -- (make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added")
       => dull -- (make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel")

Antonyms of adj clouded

4 senses of clouded

Sense 1
clouded -- (made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance; "his face was clouded with unhappiness")

INDIRECT (VIA troubled) -> untroubled -- (not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress; "seemed untroubled by doubts of any kind"; "untroubled sleep"; "a kind untroubled face")

Sense 2
cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless -- (filled or abounding with clouds)

INDIRECT (VIA cloudy) -> clear -- (free from clouds or mist or haze; "on a clear day")

Sense 3
clouded -- (mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow")

INDIRECT (VIA confused) -> clearheaded, clear-thinking -- (not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently)

Sense 4
blurred, clouded -- (unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells)

INDIRECT (VIA unclear) -> clear -- (readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature")

Similarity of adj clouded

4 senses of clouded

Sense 1
clouded -- (made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance; "his face was clouded with unhappiness")
       => troubled (vs. untroubled) -- (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers")

Sense 2
cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless -- (filled or abounding with clouds)
       => cloudy (vs. clear) -- (full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies")

Sense 3
clouded -- (mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow")
       => confused (vs. clearheaded) -- (mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused")

Sense 4
blurred, clouded -- (unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells)
       => unclear (vs. clear) -- (not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day")