Synonyms for overcloud


Grammar : Verb
Spell : oh-ver-kloud
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈklaʊd

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Définition of overcloud

Origin :
  • 1590s, from over- + cloud (v.). Related: Overclouded; overclouding.
  • As in mist : verb cloud, steam up
  • As in obscure : verb conceal, hide
  • As in overshadow : verb make obscure, dim, vague
  • As in shadow : verb make dark
Example sentences :
  • This may overcloud us all a little if—if anything should happen to Francis Ochterlony.
  • Extract from : « Madonna Mary » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • Suddenly Annie's shyness, reserve, whatever it was, seemed to overcloud her.
  • Extract from : « The Butterfly House » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • An apparatus of such complexity, placed in the fore part of the body, cannot fail to obscure and overcloud its physiognomy.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
  • She had a gaiety and insouciance, and a natural childlike merriment that all her terrible disasters could not overcloud.
  • Extract from : « A Woman's Experience in the Great War » by Louise Mack
  • Somewhere, something had happened to overcloud his day, to uncover ancestral resemblances, possibilities.
  • Extract from : « Foes » by Mary Johnston
  • Shades of sadness, which gradually assumed a darker character, began to overcloud the young man's temper.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various

Antonyms for overcloud

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