Meanings
adjectivecloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)
comparative cloudier · superlative cloudiest · alternative Early Modern clowdy
- Not transparent or clear.
[…] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.
2002, “Best Inventions of 2002”, in Time- Containing pith
- Uncertain; unclear.
- archaicslangshady; sketchy; suspicious
- Having cloudlike markings.
cloudy marble
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCovered with or characterised by clouds.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivelacking definite form or limits
Similar
adjectivefull of or covered with clouds
Opposite
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Origin
- Old Englishclūdiġ“stony, rocky”
- Middle Englishcloudy“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”
- Englishcloudy
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bewolk
- bewolkcovered with or characterised by clouds
Ancient Greek συννεφής, θολερός
- συννεφής (sunnephḗs)covered with or characterised by clouds
- θολερός (tholerós)not transparent; not clear
Arabic غائم
- غائم (ḡāʔim)covered with or characterised by clouds
Basque hodeitsu
- hodeitsucovered with or characterised by clouds
Bulgarian о́блачен, зао́блачен
- о́блачен (óblačen)covered with or characterised by clouds
- зао́блачен (zaóblačen)covered with or characterised by clouds
- неясен (nejasen)uncertain; unclear
- объркан (obărkan)uncertain; unclear
- мътен (măten)not transparent; not clear
- непрозрачен (neprozračen)not transparent; not clear
Catalan ennuvolat, nuvolós
- ennuvolatcovered with or characterised by clouds
- nuvolóscovered with or characterised by clouds
- nebulósuncertain; unclear
- nebulósnot transparent; not clear
Chinese Mandarin 多雲 /多云
- 多雲 /多云 (duōyún)covered with or characterised by clouds
Czech oblačný, zamračený
- oblačnýcovered with or characterised by clouds
- zamračenýcovered with or characterised by clouds
Danish overskyet, skyet
- overskyetcovered with or characterised by clouds
- skyetcovered with or characterised by clouds
Dutch bewolkt
- bewolktcovered with or characterised by clouds
Esperanto nubokovrita, nuba
- nubokovritacovered with or characterised by clouds
- nubacovered with or characterised by clouds
- nubecacovered with or characterised by clouds
Estonian pilvine
- pilvinecovered with or characterised by clouds
Finnish pilvinen
- pilvinencovered with or characterised by clouds
French nuageux, brumeux
- nuageuxcovered with or characterised by clouds
- brumeuxuncertain; unclear
- nébuleuxuncertain; unclear
- opaqueuncertain; unclear
- troublenot transparent; not clear
German bewölkt, wolkig
- bewölktcovered with or characterised by clouds
- wolkigcovered with or characterised by clouds
- trübuncertain; unclear
Greek συννεφιασμένος
- συννεφιασμένος (synnefiasménos)covered with or characterised by clouds
Hawaiian ʻōmalumalu
- ʻōmalumalucovered with or characterised by clouds
Hebrew מעונן
- מעונן (me'unan)covered with or characterised by clouds
Hindi मेघाच्छादित
- मेघाच्छादित (meghācchādit)covered with or characterised by clouds
Hungarian felhős, felhős
- felhőscovered with or characterised by clouds
- felhősuncertain; unclear
Icelandic skýjaður
- skýjaðurcovered with or characterised by clouds
Indonesian berawan
- berawancovered with or characterised by clouds
Irish scamallach, néaltach
- scamallachcovered with or characterised by clouds
- néaltachcovered with or characterised by clouds
- modarthanot transparent; not clear
Italian nuvoloso, nuvolo
- nuvolosocovered with or characterised by clouds
- nuvolocovered with or characterised by clouds
- copertocovered with or characterised by clouds
- nebulosonot transparent; not clear
- torbidonot transparent; not clear
Japanese 曇りの, 濁り
- 曇りの (kumori no)covered with or characterised by clouds
- 濁り (nigori)uncertain; unclear
Korean 흐리다
- 흐리다 (heurida)covered with or characterised by clouds
Latin nūbilōsus, nūbilus
- nūbilōsuscovered with or characterised by clouds
- nūbiluscovered with or characterised by clouds
Latvian apmācies, mākoņains
- apmāciescovered with or characterised by clouds
- mākoņainscovered with or characterised by clouds
Lithuanian debesuotas
- debesuotascovered with or characterised by clouds
Malay mendung
- mendungcovered with or characterised by clouds
Māori kōngū, kōmaru
- kōngūcovered with or characterised by clouds
- kōmarucovered with or characterised by clouds
- kāpuapuacovered with or characterised by clouds
- kōrukicovered with or characterised by clouds
- whakaipuipucovered with or characterised by clouds
- tukumarucovered with or characterised by clouds
- tukupūcovered with or characterised by clouds
- tāmarucovered with or characterised by clouds
Norwegian Bokmål skyet, overskyet
- skyetcovered with or characterised by clouds
- overskyetcovered with or characterised by clouds
- grumsetenot transparent; not clear
Persian ابری
- ابری (abri)covered with or characterised by clouds
Polish chmurny, pochmurny
- chmurnycovered with or characterised by clouds
- pochmurnycovered with or characterised by clouds
- mętnyuncertain; unclear
- mglistyuncertain; unclear
- zamglonyuncertain; unclear
- mętnynot transparent; not clear
- mglistynot transparent; not clear
- zamglonynot transparent; not clear
Portuguese nublado, nebuloso
- nubladocovered with or characterised by clouds
- nebulosouncertain; unclear
- confusouncertain; unclear
- turvonot transparent; not clear
Romanian înnorat, noros
- înnoratcovered with or characterised by clouds
- noroscovered with or characterised by clouds
Russian о́блачный, па́смурный
- о́блачный (óblačnyj)covered with or characterised by clouds
- па́смурный (pásmurnyj)covered with or characterised by clouds
- нея́сный (nejásnyj)uncertain; unclear
- тума́нный (tumánnyj)uncertain; unclear
- му́тный (mútnyj)not transparent; not clear
Scottish Gaelic sgòthach
- sgòthachcovered with or characterised by clouds
Slovak oblačný
- oblačnýcovered with or characterised by clouds
Spanish nublado, nublo
- nubladocovered with or characterised by clouds
- nublocovered with or characterised by clouds
- nubosocovered with or characterised by clouds
- anubarradocovered with or characterised by clouds
- anubadocovered with or characterised by clouds
- nublosocovered with or characterised by clouds
Swedish molnig
- molnigcovered with or characterised by clouds
Tagalog maulap
- maulapcovered with or characterised by clouds
Thai มีเมฆ
- มีเมฆ (mee mâyk)covered with or characterised by clouds
Turkish bulutlu, kapalı
- bulutlucovered with or characterised by clouds
- kapalıcovered with or characterised by clouds
- bulanıkuncertain; unclear
- belirsizuncertain; unclear
- bulanıknot transparent; not clear
- belirsiznot transparent; not clear
- muğlaknot transparent; not clear
Ukrainian хма́рний
- хма́рний (xmárnyj)covered with or characterised by clouds
Urdu ابری, ابر آلود
- ابری (abri)covered with or characterised by clouds
- ابر آلود (abr-ālūd)covered with or characterised by clouds
Vietnamese có mây
- có mâycovered with or characterised by clouds
Welsh cymylog
- cymylogcovered with or characterised by clouds
Yiddish וואָלקנדיק
- וואָלקנדיק (volkndik)covered with or characterised by clouds
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cloudy
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APA
cloudy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudy
MLA
“cloudy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloudy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudy.
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