cloudy
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- adjective
- A1
Used about the sky or the weather when clouds cover most of it and the sun hardly gets through.
It was cloudy all morning, so we never saw the sunrise.
The whole match was played under a cloudy sky and cold wind.
Tomorrow will be cloudy, with a little rain in the evening.
Common collocations: a cloudy sky · a cloudy day · cloudy weather · partly cloudy · to become cloudy
Part of: Weather
Sense 2 · less common
- adjective
- B1
Used about a liquid that you cannot see through clearly because tiny bits float in it.
The water from the tap looked cloudy, so I let it settle.
This apple juice is naturally cloudy because nobody filtered it.
The pond went cloudy after the storm stirred up the mud.
Common collocations: cloudy water · a cloudy liquid · to go cloudy · cloudy apple juice
Forms
- comparative
- cloudier
- superlative
- cloudiest