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to becloud the view

to becloud the view

8.7
Make the view hard to see because of fog or smoke
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : nublar la vista
  • Morning fog often beclouds the view from our kitchen window.

Examples

  • The thick smoke from the wildfire beclouded the view of the valley below.

  • Don't let your emotions becloud the view of the situation.

  • Tall buildings can sometimes becloud the view of beautiful sunsets in the city.

  • The fog beclouded the view of the mountains.

  • Morning fog often beclouds the view from our kitchen window.

  • Tall buildings can sometimes becloud the view of beautiful sunsets in the city.

  • The thick smoke from the wildfire beclouded the view of the valley below.

Synonyms

to hide
vsto becloud the view
∞ 1.0

To keep something so others cannot see or understand it

focuses more narrowly on making sight difficult rather than full concealment
to blind
vsto becloud the view
102 6.8

To make people not notice something by being more obvious

is primarily about obscuring direct sight rather than comparative hiding
to blur
vsto becloud the view
61 3.6

To make something hard to see or understand

targets overall obscuring rather than only blurring edges or detail
to cloud
vsto becloud the view
56 4.4

To make something less clear or bright by covering it

focuses on making the view hard to see rather than total concealment
to block out
vsto becloud the view
38 4.0

To stop yourself remembering or noticing something unpleasant

is about reducing visibility without necessarily blocking all incoming light
to veil
vsto becloud the view
24 5.0

To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it

leans toward reducing clear sight rather than deliberate concealment
to smother
vsto becloud the view
20 4.2

To cover completely with something so it is hard to see or reach

tends to make the view difficult rather than always fully hidden
to overshadow
vsto becloud the view
15 5.4

To make something darker by blocking light

relates to making the view hard to see rather than only reducing brightness
to blot out
vsto becloud the view
8 5.4

Hide something so you cannot see it or remember it

more often means reducing visibility rather than erasing sight completely
to fog
vsto becloud the view
7 5.2

To make something hard to see or understand

means simply making the view harder to see, not always mistlike
to overwhelm
vsto becloud the view
4 4.2

Cover something completely so it cannot be seen or noticed

usually means making the view hard to see rather than total burial
to enshroud
vsto becloud the view
  • Literature
1 8.2

To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it

usually makes the view hard to see rather than fully covering it
to becloud
vsto becloud the view
1 8.9

To make something less clear and hard to see, often by smoke, fog or strong feelings

only makes the view hard to see rather than fully hiding it
to occult
vsto becloud the view
  • Specialized
1 9.3

To block something from view by passing in front of it

covers general obscuring rather than the act of passing in front
to bescreen
vsto becloud the view
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To hide something behind a screen or curtain

speaks to general obscuring rather than the act of placing a screen
to befog
vsto becloud the view
8.8

To make something hard to see or understand

aims at making the view harder to see rather than entirely hiding it
to bedim
vsto becloud the view
9.9

To make something, like light and memory, less bright or clear

is about hiding the view rather than only reducing light or brightness
to obnubilate
vsto becloud the view
  • Archaic
9.9

Make something unclear or hard to understand

emphasizes visual obscuring rather than broader confusion or meaning loss
to overcloud
vsto becloud the view
8.4

To make something less clear and hard to understand

is mainly visual and focuses on making the view hard to see
to haze over
vsto becloud the view
5.3

Look less clear as if covered by a thin mist

covers the same loss of clarity but not only as a thin film
to shade off
vsto becloud the view
4.3

To make a place darker by blocking the light

involves general obscuring not limited to shadowing or light change

Antonyms

to reveal
∞ 2.3

Show something that was hidden or secret

How Hidden

to block
∞ 3.0
to obscure
86 7.0
to veil
24 5.0
to becloud the view
8.7
to dim
12 2.4

Surface Forms

becloud the view infinitive
beclouded the view past
beclouded the view past participle
beclouding the view present participle
beclouds the view third person singular

Morphology

becloud + the + view

The meaning is directly compositional: 'becloud' means to obscure or cloud, and 'view' means the visible scene, so 'becloud the view' literally means to obscure the view. This follows a straightforward verb + object pattern and has direct equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Becloud the view comes from a plain image: the parts be- (to make) and cloud (a cloud) putting a cloud in front of what you are looking at. So, it now means 'to hide' or 'make unclear' what you can see.