adj

clouded

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adj

Covered with clouds, or made unclear and hard to see through.

"The sky was clouded over by mid-afternoon."

"His memory of that night was clouded by alcohol."

How to Use Clouded

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishCovered or obscured, whether literally by clouds or figuratively by confusion, doubt, or emotion.

Common pairings

clouded judgment clouded sky clouded memory

more clouded comparative, most clouded superlative

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The sky was _____ over by mid-afternoon.

From cloud plus the adjective suffix -ed.

deluded secluded included excluded intruded shrouded