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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Adjective
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The recent Hubble image, which was shared online on March 17, also captures a nebula that casts a hazy blue-greenish shadow over part of the star cluster.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2025 -
There are so many moments of hazy slow-motion, of dramatic music, the constant shallow depth-of-field camera work.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Upload another holiday album full of pictures where her left hand is hidden or obscured.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
27 Dec. 2024
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But it has been largely obscured by the perpetual closeness of statewide elections here, and the fact that Democrats have been winning them more often than losing them.—
Craig Gilbert,
Journal Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Reverence and awe for the remote islands, rolling hills, and misty mountain peaks are the subjects of songs, poems, and great literature.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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Fort Shafter sits between the misty, dark-green mountains of the Ko’olau Range and the Ke’ehi Lagoon.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
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The initial impression of prestige clouded critical considerations like fit, costs and expertise needed to address your challenges.—
Shanna Apitz,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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From my own personal trauma and experiences hearing false accusations about him all the time clouded my judgement and got the best of me.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
16 Dec. 2024
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But those accomplishments were overshadowed by stubbornly high, post-pandemic inflation that resulted in higher-than-pre-pandemic prices.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Its release in August was largely overshadowed by rumors of a feud between Baldoni and Lively, and by negative chatter about Lively on social media.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Overclouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overclouded. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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