Meaning

2 senses
  1. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

    bedeckt, bewölkt, bewölkt

    о́блачныйóblačnyj, па́смурныйpásmurnyj

    хма́рнийxmárnyj, похмурийpoxmuryj

  2. (figuratively)In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

    угрю́мыйugrjúmyj, мра́чныйmráčnyj, хму́рыйxmúryj

More definitions
  • filled or abounding with clouds

Examples

38 sentences
  1. The sky is overcast.

    Хмарно. — Anjy

    ruНебо заволокло тучами. — ABChessel

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  2. All of a sudden the sky became overcast.

    ruНебо внезапно заволокло тучами. — marafon

    dePlötzlich verdunkelte sich der Himmel. — Esperantostern

  3. It's been overcast for the past few days.

    ruВ последние несколько дней пасмурно. — marafon

  4. It's overcast at the beach today.

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  5. It was overcast yesterday.

    ruВчера было пасмурно. — odexed

    deGestern war es bewölkt. — pne

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened:
Русский
By meaning 2
covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened:
in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened:

Origin

From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.

From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.

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Forms

more overcast, most overcast
Comparativemore overcast Lesson
Superlativemost overcast Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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