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cloudy

  • /ˈklaʊ̯diː/ Canada, US, UK
  • [ˈkʰlaʊ̯dɪi̯] Canada, US, UK
  • [ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː]
  • [ˈkʰlaʊ̯ɾɪi̯]
  • /ˈklæʊ̯diː/
  • [ˈkʰlaʊ̯dɪi̯]
  • /ˈklaːdiː/
  • [ˈkʰlaːdɪi̯]

Rhymes with -aʊdi

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From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.

adjective cloudier · cloudiest · clowdy

  1. Covered with or characterised by clouds.
  2. Not transparent or clear. […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.
  3. Containing pith
  4. Uncertain; unclear.
  5. informal Using or relating to cloud computing. a cloudy infrastructure
  6. archaic, slang shady; sketchy; suspicious
  7. Having cloudlike markings. cloudy marble

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