as in hazy
covered over by clouds
overclouded skies are a common feature in that Dutch artist's landscape paintings
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the eerie dusk of an approaching storm overclouded the plains
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overclouded
Adjective
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In a break from decades of tradition, the band walked onto the stage in total darkness, visible to the crowd only in hazy silhouette.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2026 -
Once you're set up, use your phone to scan the skies for faint hazy glows.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Conley noted that the car was drifting in its lane and had a license plate obscured.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Stay at least 200 feet behind any working plow to make sure your visibility isn't obscured.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Malinovsky, an engineer, said his memory of the next few hours are somewhat clouded.—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2026
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But over time, that beautiful view can become clouded with soot, haze, and stubborn residue that can dull the flame’s warm glow.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Its flowers bloomed white in the spring, and its green summer leaves darkened to a reddish-purple hue in the fall.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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Glossy, blonde waves perfectly frame her face, and her blue eyes, now darkened, smolder at the camera.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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To the left of Castor and Pollux lies the constellation Cancer, the crab, the core of which plays host to the 100-strong stellar population of the Beehive Cluster (M44), which is visible as a small, misty patch of light on moonless nights.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Other images similarly mix the romantic and the mundane, with glamorous students in front of kitschy backdrops of misty woodlands or positioned between towering candelabras.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In a portion that has been blurred, multiple shots can be heard.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2026
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Videos are blurred and don't show the man's condition.—
Siafa Lewis,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Grace, her white lace dress blackened with blood, is smoking a cigarette outside of an incinerated mansion that belongs to her in-laws, the Le Domas, who are all dead.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Israeli strikes on oil facilities sparked massive pillars of fire and blackened the skies above Tehran.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But it is also engaged in its most severe fighting in decades with neighboring Afghanistan, a conflict that has been largely overshadowed by the war in the Middle East.—
Marin Scott,
NBC news,
1 Apr. 2026
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Prince Harry and Meghan and the Royal Rift The day will, of course, be about Phillips and Sperling and their union but needless to say many a royal wedding has been overshadowed by family drama in the past and there is the potential for this one to contain some elements of the royal soap opera.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Overclouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overclouded. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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