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Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

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  1. n. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.
  2. n. Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
  3. n. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful.
  4. n. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
  5. n. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster.
  6. n. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.
  7. adj. lacking definite form or limits
  8. adj. full of or covered with clouds
  9. adj. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
  10. 1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky. 2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds. As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended. Ex. xxxiii. 9 3. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful. "A cloudy countenance." Shak. 4. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark. Cloudy and confused notions of things. Watts. 5. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. "A cloudy diamond." Boyle. 6. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.
  11. j:100 s. lacking definite form or limits a. full of or covered with clouds s. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment