Synonyms of cloudy

cloudy

adjective

ˈklau̇-dē 

1

as in muddy

having visible particles in liquid suspension

the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• muddy
• turbid
• murky
• muddied
• hazy
• dingy
• unfiltered
• roiled
• muddled
• puddled
• scummy
• filmy
• riley
• opaque
• sludgy
• inky

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• crystalline
• crystal clear
• filtered
• colorless
• purified
• transparent
• uncolored
• clarified

2

as in hazy

covered over by clouds

the skies grew cloudy and we headed home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hazy
• clouded
• darkened
• misty
• overcast
• murky
• grey
• gray
• bleak
• dark
• dull
• louring
• overclouded
• beclouded
• hazed
• lowering
• heavy
• dim
• obscured
• blackened
• dusky
• black
• dimmed
• obscure
• dulled
• gloomy
• darksome
• sombre
• desolate
• somber
• dreary
• cheerless
• dismal
• sullen
• bedimmed
• overshadowed
• befogged
• glum
• drear
• sepulchral
• sunless
• funereal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• cloudless
• sunny
• sunlit
• sunshiny
• brilliant
• shiny
• radiant
• dazzling
• illuminated
• lighted
• lit
• illumined
• lightened
• brightened

3

as in misty

filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension

the room grew cloudy with smoke from the fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hazy
• misty
• rainy
• murky
• clouded
• foggy
• smoggy
• thick
• milky
• smoky
• overcast
• soupy
• muddy
• gauzy
• beclouded
• befogged
• turbid
• stormy
• brumous
• slimy
• slushy
• mucky
• smokey
• opaque
• smudgy
• miasmic
• sooty
• miasmatic
• dirty
• filmy
• miasmal
• miry

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• cloudless
• limpid
• bright
• clean
• sunny
• unclouded
• pellucid
• fair
• transparent
• translucent
• sunshiny
• clement

4

as in dark

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

after his third failed marriage, he seemed destined to live the rest of his life in a permanently cloudy mood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dark
• bleak
• darkening
• somber
• lonely
• depressing
• murky
• depressive
• desolate
• cold
• gray
• grey
• solemn
• blue
• lonesome
• morbid
• black
• miserable
• gloomy
• chill
• depressed
• dreary
• dismal
• cheerless
• sombre
• morose
• sullen
• wretched
• sad
• glum
• oppressive
• drear
• disconsolate
• funereal
• lugubrious
• saturnine
• forlorn
• dire
• melancholy
• comfortless
• sepulchral
• elegiac
• dreich
• tenebrous
• sunless
• elegiacal
• dull
• dim
• unhappy
• godforsaken
• plutonian
• negative
• melancholic
• Cimmerian
• hopeless
• dejected
• desperate
• grim
• low
• tenebrific
• droopy
• discouraging
• mournful
• mirthless
• pessimistic
• woebegone
• dispiriting
• despondent
• woeful
• distressful
• distressing
• colorless
• menacing
• dismaying
• inconsolable
• disheartening
• upsetting
• hangdog
• discomfiting
• drab
• down
• sorrowful
• dour
• lamentable
• plaintive
• threatening
• louring
• lowering
• loury
• lowery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bright
• cheerful
• friendly
• sunshiny
• cheery
• festive
• gay
• cordial
• comforting
• buoyant
• joyful
• merry
• joyous
• jolly
• gay
• optimistic
• mirthful
• blithe
• hopeful
• encouraging
• cheering
• heartwarming
• blithesome
• jocund
• lighthearted
• lightsome

Examples of cloudy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the height and volume increased, the water turned increasingly cloudy with mud and debris. —Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024

Saturday/Canvas Stadium TV/Radio: truTV/Rams Radio Network BetMGM Line: CSU +1.5, O/U 56.5 Weather: 83 degrees and slightly cloudy Three storylines CSU’s finishing ability: The Rams were on the verge of an upset last week at Oregon State, but just couldn’t close the door. —Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024

Temperatures between 40 and 50 degrees, low humidity, partly cloudy and dry. —Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2024

Drivers will experience sunny skies on Tuesday with highs near 67 degrees and party cloudy conditions tonight with lows around 44, according to the National Weather Service. —Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024