dark cloud

noun

A situation or future event that causes worry, problems or unhappiness, likened to such a cloud overhead in the sky.

“dark clouds brooding overhead”

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Meanings

noundark cloud (plural dark clouds)

plural dark clouds

  1. idiomaticA situation or future event that causes worry, problems or unhappiness, likened to such a cloud overhead in the sky.

    dark clouds brooding overhead

    1 more example

    Strikes remain the other dark cloud hanging over the railway.

    2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Railway's fragile resilience”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 3

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dark nebula
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APA

dark cloud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20cloud

MLA

“dark cloud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20cloud. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dark cloud,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark%20cloud.

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