Meaning

7 senses
  1. Covered with or characterised by clouds.

    bewölkt, wolkig

    о́блачныйóblačnyj, па́смурныйpásmurnyj

    хма́рнийxmárnyj

    full of or covered with clouds

  2. Not transparent or clear.

    му́тныйmútnyj

  3. Not transparent or clear.

    Containing pith

  4. Uncertain; unclear.

    trüb

    нея́сныйnejásnyj, тума́нныйtumánnyj

  5. (informal)Using or relating to cloud computing.

    a cloudy infrastructure

  6. Having cloudlike markings.

    cloudy marble

  7. (archaic, slang)Shady; sketchy; suspicious

Examples

146 sentences
  1. Was it cloudy in Boston yesterday?

    Вчора в Бостоні було хмарно? — deniko

    ruВчера в Бостоне было облачно? — Wezel

    deWar es in Boston gestern bewölkt? — Waldelfe

  2. It was cloudy yesterday.

    Учора було хмарно. — deniko

    ruВчера было облачно. — odexed

    deGestern war es wolkig. — MUIRIEL

  3. Does it look cloudy today?

    Сьогодні хмарно? — menix

    ruСегодня облачно? — Gruzilkin

    deSchaut es heute wolkig aus? — Esperantostern

  4. It's cloudy today.

    Сьогодні хмарно. — rmdas

    ruСегодня облачно. — Gruzilkin

    deEs ist heute bewölkt. — Espi

  5. It's still cloudy.

    Все ще хмарно. — deniko

    ruВсё ещё облачно. — marafon

    deEs ist immer noch bewölkt. — wolfgangth

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
covered with or characterised by clouds:
Русский
By meaning 3
covered with or characterised by clouds:
not transparent; not clear:
uncertain; unclear:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
covered with or characterised by clouds:
uncertain; unclear:

Origin

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from O

From 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, cloudiest
Comparativecloudier Lesson
Superlativecloudiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • cloudy all day
  • was cloudy all
  • cloudy all

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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