cloudy
Covered with or characterised by cloudsCovered with or characterised by clouds.
» Was it cloudy in Boston yesterday?
War es in Boston gestern bewölkt? — Waldelfe
Вчера в Бостоне было облачно? — Wezel
Вчора в Бостоні було хмарно? — deniko
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7 sensesCovered with or characterised by clouds.
bewölkt, wolkig
о́блачныйóblačnyj, па́смурныйpásmurnyj
хма́рнийxmárnyj
full of or covered with clouds
Not transparent or clear.
му́тныйmútnyj
Not transparent or clear.
Containing pith
Uncertain; unclear.
trüb
нея́сныйnejásnyj, тума́нныйtumánnyj
(informal)Using or relating to cloud computing.
a cloudy infrastructure
Having cloudlike markings.
cloudy marble
(archaic, slang)Shady; sketchy; suspicious
Examples
146 sentencesWas it cloudy in Boston yesterday?
Вчора в Бостоні було хмарно? — deniko
ruВчера в Бостоне было облачно? — Wezel
deWar es in Boston gestern bewölkt? — Waldelfe
It was cloudy yesterday.
Учора було хмарно. — deniko
ruВчера было облачно. — odexed
deGestern war es wolkig. — MUIRIEL
Does it look cloudy today?
Сьогодні хмарно? — menix
ruСегодня облачно? — Gruzilkin
deSchaut es heute wolkig aus? — Esperantostern
It's cloudy today.
Сьогодні хмарно. — rmdas
ruСегодня облачно. — Gruzilkin
deEs ist heute bewölkt. — Espi
It's still cloudy.
Все ще хмарно. — deniko
ruВсё ещё облачно. — marafon
deEs ist immer noch bewölkt. — wolfgangth
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from OFrom Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.
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Forms
cloudier, cloudiestSynonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
5 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
3 patterns- cloudy all day
- was cloudy all
- cloudy all
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.