cloud
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6.1
- noun
- /klaʊd/
- Every cloud has a silver lining.
- a dark cloud
- a cloud hung over
- clouds gathered
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Watch on YouTubeDon't be such a dark cloud and ruin my day.
- Don't be such a dark cloud and ruin my day.
- It is every cloud has a silver lining.
- So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way.
- And yet still there are dark clouds on the Yugoslav horizon.
- It also casts a pall and a cloud over everyone around them.
- Let's just say that crisis cloud set in Airy.
- When you say dark cloud, what does the dark cloud feel like?
Examples
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Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
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...who cast this dark cloud upon me.
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When you say dark cloud, what does the dark cloud feel like?
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I felt a dark cloud lift off me and...
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Suddenly, a dark cloud settled over first period.
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So there is, there is that, that big cloud, as Jim says, of uncertainty.
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Unfortunately, after two decades, war clouds appear to be gathering on the horizon again.
Academic text (1995) -
The very air around them seemed filled with the heavy clouds of disputation.
Academic text (2011) -
The future of consciousness, even life on the earth, is shrouded in a cloud of uncertainty.
Academic text (2015) -
After the scandal emerged, the politician remained under a cloud of suspicion from the public.
Synonyms
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5.8
A feeling that something is less noticeable because of someone or something else
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4.2
Sadness or worry that affects groups such as families and companies
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7.9
Being suspected or disliked by other people
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6.7
A feeling of doubt and worry about what will happen
Antonyms
Idioms
26
6.7
Make someone unable to think clearly because of strong feelings or outside pressure
Compounds
- Specialized
4
9.9
A distant shell around the solar system filled with small icy objects that send comets toward the Sun
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3.9
A large white fluffy cloud with a rounded top and flat base often seen in fair weather
- Specialized
2
9.4
One of two small irregular galaxies near the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere
- Specialized
1
3.8
A thin, high cloud made of tiny bits of ice that looks like white streaks in the sky
- Specialized
1
8.8
A nearby irregular galaxy visible from the southern sky that orbits the Milky Way
- Specialized
1
4.8
A very tall dark cloud that brings heavy rain, thunder, and lightning
- Informal
1
9.9
An imaginary place where people are out of touch with reality because they are too optimistic
- Specialized
1
8.8
A small irregular galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see from the Southern Hemisphere
- Specialized
1
7.5
A device that shows the paths of tiny invisible particles as thin white streaks in a mist
- Specialized
1
3.5
A low, flat gray cloud layer that often covers the sky and brings light drizzle
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5.8
A large cloud shaped like a mushroom that rises after a powerful explosion
- Specialized
1
7.8
A small, thin white cloud high in the sky that looks like tiny ripples
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9.9
A high cloud that looks shiny with rainbow colors around sunrise or after sunset
- Specialized
1
7.2
A thin, high cloud layer that often covers the sky and sometimes makes a halo around the sun or moon
- Specialized
1
8.2
A gray or blue cloud layer in the middle sky that often covers most of it and brings light rain
- Specialized
A device that makes vapor tracks to show where tiny charged particles move
How Troubled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cloud is used for a situation of trouble or doubt because a cloud can cover the sun and make the world dark, so a 'cloud' over a person or event means a feeling of shame, suspicion, or gloom that hides good things.