Meanings
nounovercast (plural overcasts)
plural overcasts
- obsoleteAn outcast.
- businessA place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
adjectiveovercast (comparative more overcast, superlative most overcast)
comparative more overcast · superlative most overcast
- Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
The Dawn is over-caſt, the Morning low’rs, And heavily in Clouds brings on the Day, […]
1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1Synonyms: sullen
- figurativelyIn a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
verbovercast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) overcasted)
present singular third person overcasts · participle present overcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes overcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes overcasted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
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nounthe state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
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nouna long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishovercasten
- Englishovercast
From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek συννεφής, ἐπινέφελος
- συννεφής (sunnephḗs)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- ἐπινέφελος (epinéphelos)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Bulgarian заоблачен, мрачен
- заоблачен (zaoblačen)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- мрачен (mračen)in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- меланхоличен (melanholičen)in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- притъмнявам (pritămnjavam)to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
- заоблачавам се (zaoblačavam se)to be or become cloudy
Catalan cobert, cobert
- cobertcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- cobertmeteorological term
Chinese Mandarin 陰沉 /阴沉, 灰濛蒙 /灰蒙蒙
- 陰沉 /阴沉 (yīnchén)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- 灰濛蒙 /灰蒙蒙 (huīmēngmēng)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- 低沉 (dīchén)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- 陰沉 /阴沉 (yīnchén)in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- 低沉 (dīchén)in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
Dutch betrokken, bewolkt
- betrokkencovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- bewolktcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- neerslachtigin a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- bewolktmeteorological term
- bewolkento cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
- verduisterento cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
- bewolkt zijnto be or become cloudy
Esperanto nuboplena
- nuboplenameteorological term
Finnish pilvinen, synkkä
- pilvinencovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- synkkäcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- synkkäin a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- pilvinenmeteorological term
- peittää pilveento cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
- olla pilvistäto be or become cloudy
- pilvistyäto be or become cloudy
French nuageux, couvert
- nuageuxcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- couvertcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- couvertmeteorological term
German bedeckt, bewölkt
- bedecktcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- bewölktcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- bewölktmeteorological term
Hungarian felhős, borús
- felhőscovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- borúsin a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- borultmeteorological term
- beborulto be or become cloudy
Icelandic þungbúinn
- þungbúinncovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Indonesian mendung
- mendungcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Irish duibheagánach, modartha
- duibheagánachcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- modarthacovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- smúitiúilmeteorological term
- scamallachmeteorological term
- modarthameteorological term
Italian coperto, nuvoloso
- copertocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- nuvolosocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- copertometeorological term
Japanese どんよりした
- どんよりした (donyori shita)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Latin nūbilus
- nūbiluscovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Malay mendung
- mendungcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Māori whakaipuipu, pōkino
- whakaipuipucovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- pōkinocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- taupurucovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- kōwhangacovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- tāpurucovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- kēkēaocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Norwegian Bokmål overskyet, overskya
- overskyetcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- overskyacovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Polish pochmurny, zachmurzony
- pochmurnycovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- zachmurzonymeteorological term
Portuguese nublado, encoberto
- nubladocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- encobertometeorological term
- nublarto cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
Russian о́блачный, па́смурный
- о́блачный (óblačnyj)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- па́смурный (pásmurnyj)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- угрю́мый (ugrjúmyj)in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- мра́чный (mráčnyj)in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- хму́рый (xmúryj)in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
Spanish nublado, nubloso
- nubladocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- nublosocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- anubarradocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- anubadocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- nublocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- nubosocovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- cubiertometeorological term
- nublarto cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
- encapotarto cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
Swedish mulen, mulet
- mulencovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- muletcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- mulenin a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
- mulenmeteorological term
Tamil மூடம், மூட்டம்
- மூடம் (mūṭam)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- மூட்டம் (mūṭṭam)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- மேகமூட்டம் (mēkamūṭṭam)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- மோடம் (mōṭam)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- மேகமூட்டம் (mēkamūṭṭam)meteorological term
- மூடு (mūṭu)to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
- கரு (karu)to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
- வானம் கருத்தல் (vāṉam karuttal)to be or become cloudy
- மேகமூட்டம் ஆதல் (mēkamūṭṭam ātal)to be or become cloudy
Turkish bulutlu
- bulutlucovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Ukrainian хма́рний, похмурий
- хма́рний (xmárnyj)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- похмурий (poxmuryj)covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Vietnamese âm u, u ám
- âm ucovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- u ámcovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
- phủ mâycovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
Welsh cymylog
- cymylogmeteorological term
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with overcast
lastpastaskedcastpassedcontrastvastblastmastcasteoutcastclassedprecastavastgastrecastbastaghastoutlastdowncastrepastmiscastoutcastethe die is cast
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
overcast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcast
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“overcast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcast. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcast.
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