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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking definite form or limits;
- Example: "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore
- Example: "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"
[syn: cloudy, nebulose, nebulous]

2. full of or covered with clouds;
- Example: "cloudy skies"

3. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment;
- Example: "a cloudy liquid"
- Example: "muddy coffee"
- Example: "murky waters"
[syn: cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cloudy \Cloud"y\ (kloud"[u^]), a. [Compar. Cloudier; superl.
   Cloudiest.] [From Cloud, n.]
   1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy
      sky.
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   2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
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            As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy
            pillar descended.                     --Ex. xxxiii.
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   3. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not
      open or cheerful. "A cloudy countenance." --Shak.
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   4. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
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            Cloudy and confused notions of things. --Watts.
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   5. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. "A cloudy
      diamond." --Boyle.
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   6. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as
      marble.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cloudy
    adj 1: lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy
           issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous
           distinction between pride and conceit" [syn: cloudy,
           nebulose, nebulous]
    2: full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies" [ant: clear]
    3: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid";
       "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy,
       mirky, murky, turbid]