[syn: blurred, clouded]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cloud \Cloud\ (kloud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Clouding.]
1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky
is clouded.
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2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a
cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
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One day too late, I fear me, noble lord,
Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. --Shak.
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Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks.
--Milton.
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Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty
like prejudice. --M. Arnold.
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3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; --
esp. used of reputation or character.
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I would not be a stander-by to hear
My sovereign mistress clouded so, without
My present vengeance taken. --Shak.
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4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate
with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
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And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clouded
adj 1: made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in
appearance; "his face was clouded with unhappiness"
2: filled or abounding with clouds [syn: cloud-covered,
clouded, overcast, sunless]
3: mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow"
4: unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the
group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the
meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells [syn: blurred, clouded]