cloudy

A1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː/ UK /ˈklaʊ̯diː/ See IPA manual

Freq #13028

Meanings

1

adj
Covered with clouds.

The sky was grey and cloudy all morning.
2

adj
Not clear or transparent, often because of something mixed in.

The water in the pond was cloudy with mud.
3

adj
Not clear or certain.

His memory of that night was cloudy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · covered with clouds. clouded overcast

2 adj · not clear or transparent,... murky

3 adj · not clear or certain. nebulous

Word family

Forms cloudiercloudiestcloudiness

Derived forms cloudilycloudinesscloudywingnoncloudyuncloudy

Common collocations

cloudy sky Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.

cloudy Middle English clūdiġ Old English

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# cloudy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈklaʊ̯diː/
**Frequency rank:** 13028

## Meanings
1. Covered with clouds.
2. Not clear or transparent, often because of something mixed in.
3. Not clear or certain.

## Examples
- The sky was grey and cloudy all morning.
- The water in the pond was cloudy with mud.
- His memory of that night was cloudy.

## Derived Forms
- cloudily
- cloudiness
- cloudywing
- noncloudy
- uncloudy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cloudy
- Root: clūdiġ

## Etymology
From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.

## AI Etymology
cloudy is an adjective. It is from Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y. Historical forms in the chain include cloudy (Middle English) and clūdiġ (Old English). Current senses include covered with clouds, not clear or transparent, often because of something mixed in, and not clear or certain. Derived forms include cloudily, cloudiness, cloudywing, noncloudy, and uncloudy.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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