clouden

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verb

To make or become cloudy or clouded.

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Meanings

verbclouden (third-person singular simple present cloudens, present participle cloudening, simple past and past participle cloudened)

present singular third person cloudens · participle present cloudening · participle past cloudened · past cloudened

  1. ambitransitivefigurativelysometimesTo make or become cloudy or clouded.

    […] but this served only to deprave his faculties, and to clouden his reason.

    1804, William Fordyce Mavor, Universal History, Ancient and Modern
    1 more example

    Brothers and Sisters, just as I have confidence in the ultimate good of my country, so also have I faith in the Indi., greater to be, free from all tensions and uncertainties which cloudened her political horizon recently.

    1951, Burma Weekly Bulletin, page 3

Origin

From cloud + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“clouden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clouden. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clouden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clouden.

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