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CLOUDY
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Irregular inflected forms: cloudier , cloudiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment
Example:
murky waters
Synonyms:
cloudy; mirky; muddy; murky; turbid
Classified under:
Similar:
opaque (not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight)
Derivation:
cloudiness (the quality of being cloudy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Full of or covered with clouds
Example:
cloudy skies
Classified under:
Similar:
brumous; foggy; hazy; misty (filled or abounding with fog or mist)
fogbound (enveloped in fog)
cloud-covered; clouded; overcast; sunless (filled or abounding with clouds)
cloudlike; nebular (resembling a cloud)
dull; leaden (darkened with overcast)
heavy; lowering; sullen; threatening (darkened by clouds)
miasmal; miasmic; vaporous; vapourous (filled with vapor)
smoggy (clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog)
Domain category:
meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))
Antonym:
clear (free from clouds or mist or haze)
Derivation:
cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
cloudiness (the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lacking definite form or limits
Example:
nebulous distinction between pride and conceit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
indistinct (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand)
Derivation:
cloudiness (the quality of being cloudy)
Context examples:
We brought the locker out, extinguished the candle, fastened the door on the outside, and left the old boat close shut up, a dark speck in the cloudy night.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Rather than running on fossil fuels, the artificial leaf is powered by sunlight, although it still works efficiently on cloudy and overcast days.
(‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas, University of Cambridge)
It involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with an artificial lens.
(Cataract, NIH: National Eye Institute)
Problems with the cornea include: • Refractive errors • Allergies • Infections • Injuries • Dystrophies - conditions in which parts of the cornea lose clarity due to a buildup of cloudy material
(Corneal Disorders, NIH National Eye Institute)
Signs and symptoms include increased frequency of urination, pain or burning during urination, fever, cloudy or bloody urine, and suprapubic pain.
(Acute Cystitis, NCI Thesaurus)
SIMP0136 was the object of a past scientific breakthrough, when they found evidence suggesting it has a cloudy atmosphere.
(NASA’s Webb Telescope to Investigate Mysterious Brown Dwarfs, NASA)
Just at sunset, the air turned cold and the sky cloudy: I went in, Sophie called me upstairs to look at my wedding-dress, which they had just brought; and under it in the box I found your present—the veil which, in your princely extravagance, you sent for from London: resolved, I suppose, since I would not have jewels, to cheat me into accepting something as costly.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The following may be signs of kidney stones that need a doctor's help: • Extreme pain in your back or side that will not go away • Blood in your urine • Fever and chills • Vomiting • Urine that smells bad or looks cloudy • A burning feeling when you urinate
(Kidney Stones, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
When comparing the flat spectra of the super-puffs against the spectra of other planets, the team was able to support the hypothesis that cloud/haze formation is linked to the temperature of a planet — the cooler a planet is, the cloudier it becomes.
('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)
Clusters of stars, such as the bright spot near the left side of the image, generate even more infrared light and illuminate the surrounding clouds like the Sun lighting up a cloudy sky at sunset.
(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)
