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    CLOUDINESS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The quality of being cloudyplay

    Synonyms:

    cloudiness; muddiness; murkiness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("cloudiness" is a kind of...):

    opacity; opaqueness (the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cloudiness"):

    turbidity; turbidness (muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended)

    haziness; mistiness; steaminess; vaporousness; vapourousness (cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor)

    Derivation:

    cloudy ((of liquids) clouded as with sediment)

    cloudy (lacking definite form or limits)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud coverplay

    Synonyms:

    cloudiness; overcast

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("cloudiness" is a kind of...):

    semidarkness (partial darkness)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    The state of the sky when it is covered by cloudsplay

    Synonyms:

    cloud cover; cloudiness; overcast

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("cloudiness" is a kind of...):

    bad weather; inclemency; inclementness (weather unsuitable for outdoor activities)

    Derivation:

    cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)

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