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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
Joseph Addison

Meaning of "cloudy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLOUDY

cloudy  [ˈklaʊdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLOUDY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cloudy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLOUDY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cloudy

Cloud

In meteorology, a cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body. These suspended particles are also known as aerosols and are studied in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. Terrestrial cloud formation is the result of air in Earth's atmosphere becoming saturated due to either or both of two processes; cooling of the air and adding water vapor. With sufficient saturation, precipitation will fall to the surface; an exception is virga, which evaporates before reaching the surface. Clouds in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adaptation of Luke Howard's nomenclature. It was introduced in December 1802 and became the basis of a modern international system that classifies these tropospheric aerosols into several physical forms or categories, then cross-classifies them into families of low-, middle- and high-étage according to cloud-base altitude range above Earth's surface.

Definition of cloudy in the English dictionary

The first definition of cloudy in the dictionary is covered with cloud or clouds. Other definition of cloudy is of or like a cloud or clouds. Cloudy is also streaked or mottled like a cloud.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLOUDY


Cody
ˈkəʊdɪ
crowdie
ˈkraʊdɪ
dowdy
ˈdaʊdɪ
goodie
ˈɡʊdɪ
goody
ˈɡʊdɪ
grody
ˈɡrəʊdɪ
hoodie
ˈhʊdɪ
hoody
ˈhʊdɪ
howdie
ˈhaʊdɪ
howdy
ˈhaʊdɪ
howtowdie
haʊˈtaʊdɪ
mowdie
ˈmaʊdɪ
pandowdy
pænˈdaʊdɪ
Prodi
ˈprəʊdɪ
roadie
ˈrəʊdɪ
rowdy
ˈraʊdɪ
shroudy
ˈʃraʊdɪ
uncloudy
ʌnˈklaʊdɪ
woodie
ˈwʊdɪ
woody
ˈwʊdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLOUDY

cloud-cuckoo-land
cloudage
cloudberries
cloudberry
cloudburst
clouded leopard
clouded magpie
clouded yellow
cloudier
cloudiest
cloudily
cloudiness
cloudland
cloudless
cloudlessly
cloudlessness
cloudlet
cloudlike
cloudscape

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLOUDY

case study
course of study
desk study
feasibility study
field study
follow-up study
gaudy
in a brown study
Judy
motion study
nature study
pilot study
private study
programme of study
scoping study
self-study
study
time study
understudy
work-study

Synonyms and antonyms of cloudy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CLOUDY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cloudy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cloudy

Translation of «cloudy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLOUDY

Find out the translation of cloudy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cloudy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cloudy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多云的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nublado
570 millions of speakers

English

cloudy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बादल छाए रहेंगे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَائِم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

облачный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nublado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেঘলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nuageux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mendung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wolkig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

曇った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흐린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mendung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có mây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேகமூட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ढगाळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bulutlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nuvoloso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pochmurny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хмарно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înnorat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συννεφιασμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bewolk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

molnig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skyet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cloudy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOUDY»

The term «cloudy» is very widely used and occupies the 9.039 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOUDY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cloudy

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10 QUOTES WITH «CLOUDY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cloudy.
1
Lynn Abbey
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.
2
Joseph Addison
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
3
Kate Chopin
She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.
4
George Eliot
There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.
5
John Hench
The colors I choose there was to paint the first hotel, the Disneyland Hotel. Because of the cloudy sky we had in Paris, it had to be a particular kind of color who will fight those grey days. And also something you can see when you're driving up 'There it is! We're arriving!'
6
Jerzy Kosinski
In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul.
7
William J. Mann
The limited fictions used to sell the lives of public figures often form a cloudy chiaroscuro that covers their true humanity.
8
Christopher Meloni
My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical in the air. There's always this cloudy, moody sky and it's challenging.
9
Luc Montagnier
They don't actually see the real world, where 95% of the people with HIV are not treated and are dying. And even though we have some blue sky now in our country, the sky could become cloudy again very soon.
10
Ronnie Musgrove
The issue of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals has vexed politicians for decades. I have my own cloudy history with the issue, having supported a law in Mississippi that made it illegal for LGBT couples to adopt children. I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOUDY»

Discover the use of cloudy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cloudy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
‎2011
2
The Cloudy Mirror: Tension and Conflict in the Writings of ...
Sima Qian's writings have influenced the Chinese for over 2,000 years and still serve as a fiscal source of historical information about China.
Stephen W. Durrant, 1995
3
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
The author shares her perspective on such topics as the 2000 election, present-day civil rights activists, and the relationship between the United States and Canada.
Sarah Vowell, 2003
4
Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and ...
The topics addressed in this book range widely between a just-war analysis of Shakespeare's Henry V to an exploration of the nature and scope of ethics to the CIA's original 'social contract.
David L. Perry, 2009
5
Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing
Experiencing first love, dealing with crushes and mending broken hearts are some of the topics of love and life captured in these beautiful poems, told from the point of view of young adults of both sexes and diverse ethnicities. Reprint.
Gary Soto, 2012
6
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Junior Novelization
Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow, until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
Stacia Deutsch, Rhody Cohon, 2009
7
Cloudy Jewel
This book hit me with the vital importance of Sabbath rest--whether it's on Sunday, or another day of the week. I need a full day's rest to relax and renew; and I need time every day to reconnect with God and my own soul.
Grace Livingston Hill, 2012
8
It's Cloudy Today
Explains how to identify which clouds signal what type of weather, provides interesting cloud facts, and includes an experiment on how to form your own cloud.
Kristin Sterling, 2009
9
Cloudy Day Sunny Day
Cloudy Day Sunny Day (PB)
Donald Crews, National Geographic Learning, 2003
10
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: with audio recording
The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Judi Barrett, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOUDY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cloudy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cloudy with a chance of Jedi: Han Solo movie set for May 2018
And Miller and Lord are the duo responsible for a string of hit films that were all better than they had any right to be: Cloudy with a Chance of ... «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
2
Showers and storms tonight; mostly cloudy and cooler Wednesday …
Make sure you have something to cover your head as you leave work this afternoon - rains are expected to continue though a good portion of ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
3
Tuesday Weather: Cloudy, Cool, & Rainy
Wednesday will be partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the 70's and 80's. Thursday will be partly cloudy with a few ... «KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News, Jul 15»
4
Portland Metro Tuesday Traffic: Cloudy, breezy - now this is a …
As you pull out of the driveway and hit the streets you'll notice the sun isn't already burning your skin or blinding your eyes through the ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
5
Tuesday weather: Mostly cloudy
Expect partly cloudy skies Tuesday in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. «Redding Record Searchlight, Jul 15»
6
Tuesday Evening Forecast - Cool & Cloudy
Very cool and cloudy evening expected with a few showers moving east off the mountains on into the I-25 corridor. Storms pushing across the mountains will ... «KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News, Jul 15»
7
East Midlands: Generally cloudy with occasional rain overnight
Today: Rather cloudy with occasional outbreaks of rain, or showers. These will possibly be heavy and thundery during the afternoon. «ITV News, Jul 15»
8
B.C. VIEWS: Outlook cloudy for climate policies
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau came to Vancouver last week to unveil his environmental platform for the Oct. 19 federal election. Trudeau ... «Pentiction Western News, Jul 15»
9
Today's Beaufort County weather: Muggy, partly cloudy, chance of …
Good morning! Beaufort County skies will be partly cloudy for much of the day, with clearing in the afternoon but scattered thunderstorms ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, Jul 15»
10
Library's space sharing plan cloudy after city council meeting
DECATUR – The future of a plan for the Decatur Public Library and Macon County offices to share space appeared murky after a lengthy ... «Herald & Review, Jul 15»

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