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56 4.4
To make something less clear or bright by covering it
  • verb
  • /klaʊd/
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  • I let my emotions cloud my judgment.
  • cloud one's judgment
  • cloud the issue
  • cloud one's view

Why did I ever let that thing just cloud my whole mindset?

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Examples

  • Now, you mustn't permit the sorry history of conflict... between the Aboriginal and European cultures to cloud your judgment.

  • I don't want his anger clouding the issue.

  • The problem I had is that you let your feelings cloud the facts.

  • Why did I ever let that thing just cloud my whole mindset?

  • You will feel things that will cloud your judgment.

  • You'll just make clear decisions without having emotions cloud your thought processes.

  • But we can't let emotion cloud our judgment, okay?

  • Moreover, their optimism about integration tended to cloud their judgment about the conditions and needs of the masses.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Olaf's devotion to the realm, albeit humbling, tends to cloud his judgment.

  • She realized that her emotions could cloud her judgment, making it harder to see the truth.

Synonyms

to obscure
vsto cloud
86 7.0

Make something hard to see or understand

focuses more on reducing visibility, brightness, or clarity in general
to shroud
vsto cloud
38 6.0

To cover something completely, often with a cloth

focuses more generally on obscuring or dulling clarity rather than full hiding
to shade
vsto cloud
26 1.0

To block strong light by making a shadow or using a cover

is broader, covering both literal and figurative obscuring, not only sheltering from light
to veil
vsto cloud
24 5.0

To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it

tends to mean covering that reduces clarity, not necessarily complete concealment
to overshadow
vsto cloud
15 5.4

To make something darker by blocking light

is the broader act of covering or making unclear, not only via darkness
to shadow
vsto cloud
14 2.3

To make a place or object dark by blocking light

focuses more generally on reducing clarity or brightness beyond mere light blocking
to fog
vsto cloud
7 5.2

To make something hard to see or understand

has the broader meaning of covering or obscuring beyond moisture effects
to mist
vsto cloud
3 3.1

To become covered with fine drops that make something less clear

is more general, not limited to water droplet effects when reducing clarity
to haze
vsto cloud
1 4.7

To become cloudy and hard to see through

is the broader act of covering or obscuring, not only causing dullness
to enshroud
vsto cloud
  • Literature
1 8.2

To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it

implies covering that reduces clarity but not always total concealment
to cloud up
vsto cloud
1 3.2

To become cloudy in the sky

is the wider verb for obscuring or dulling clarity beyond sky changes
to becloud
vsto cloud
1 8.9

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

is the general action of covering or obscuring brightness or clarity
to cloud over
vsto cloud
1 3.4

The sky becomes covered with clouds and looks less bright

covers various ways of making things less clear or bright, not only skies
to obnubilate
vsto cloud
  • Archaic
9.9

Make something unclear or hard to understand

is the broader idea of covering or making things less distinct
to befog
vsto cloud
8.8

To make something hard to see or understand

applies more widely to any covering that reduces clarity or brightness
to mist over
vsto cloud
5.1

Become covered with a thin layer of water that makes glass or mirrors hard to see through

covers or obscures in many ways beyond surface moisture buildup
to bedim
vsto cloud
9.9

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

focuses more on the action of covering or reducing brightness in general
to haze over
vsto cloud
5.3

Look less clear as if covered by a thin mist

expresses covering in many forms beyond the thin film or mist image
to shade off
vsto cloud
4.3

To make a place darker by blocking the light

applies more widely to any covering that makes things less clear or bright
to overcast
vsto cloud
3.5

To cover the sky with clouds and make it look dark

is the general verb for obscuring or dulling light in many contexts
to overcloud
vsto cloud
7.0

Sky becomes covered with clouds and looks gray

is a broader action of covering or obscuring beyond weather specific meaning

Antonyms

248 3.3

To make something clear so others can understand it

52 4.1

To make something bright or visible with light

Idioms

Make someone unable to think clearly because of strong feelings or outside pressure

5 4.6

To feel very happy and excited

Being suspected or disliked by other people

on cloud nine
  • Informal
2 4.1

Feeling very happy and excited

Phrasal Verbs

1 3.2

To become cloudy in the sky

The sky becomes covered with clouds and looks less bright

Compounds

15 3.4

The amount of sky covered by clouds

14 1.0

A dark, heavy cloud that shows rain or a storm is coming

11 2.9

A visible cloud of fine dust hanging in the air

A large cloud that rises after a big explosion and looks like a mushroom

A large mass of smoke in the air from a fire

cloud nine
  • Informal
7 4.0

Feeling very happy and excited after something very good happens

4 1.0

A dark grey cloud that brings rain

A large white fluffy cloud with a rounded top and flat base often seen in fair weather

dark cloud
  • Informal
2 4.2

Sadness or worry that affects groups such as families and companies

cirrus cloud
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A thin, high cloud made of tiny bits of ice that looks like white streaks in the sky

1 3.9

A long, flat group of clouds seen from a distance

Magellanic Cloud
  • Specialized
1 9.4

One of two small irregular galaxies near the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere

1 9.9

An imaginary place where people are out of touch with reality because they are too optimistic

A feeling of doubt and worry about what will happen

cumulonimbus cloud
  • Specialized
1 4.8

A very tall dark cloud that brings heavy rain, thunder, and lightning

Oort cloud
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A distant shell around the solar system filled with small icy objects that send comets toward the Sun

A sky or mountaintop full of clouds that hides the view

cloud chamber
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A device that shows the paths of tiny invisible particles as thin white streaks in a mist

1 8.8

A nearby irregular galaxy visible from the southern sky that orbits the Milky Way

nimbus cloud
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A thick dark grey cloud that makes rain

1 7.2

A thin misty cloud that looks soft and dreamlike

1 7.5

A sign that war may happen soon

cirrocumulus cloud
  • Specialized
7.8

A small, thin white cloud high in the sky that looks like tiny ripples

cirrostratus cloud
  • Specialized
7.2

A thin, high cloud layer that often covers the sky and sometimes makes a halo around the sun or moon

A grass from Spain with fine, feathery flower heads used in dried bouquets

cloud seeder
  • Specialized
7.6

A person who adds tiny particles to clouds to make rain

altostratus cloud
  • Specialized
8.2

A gray or blue cloud layer in the middle sky that often covers most of it and brings light rain

altocumulus cloud
  • Specialized
7.1

White or gray rounded cloud patches in the middle sky

A large cloud of smoke and burning pieces that rises from a big fire

A high cloud that looks shiny with rainbow colors around sunrise or after sunset

A large cloud shaped like a mushroom that rises after a powerful explosion

nacreous cloud
  • Specialized
9.9

A bright rainbow-coloured cloud high in the sky seen at twilight

8.8

A small irregular galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see from the Southern Hemisphere

stratus cloud
  • Specialized
3.5

A low, flat gray cloud layer that often covers the sky and brings light drizzle

Wilson cloud chamber
  • Specialized
8.9

A device that makes vapor tracks to show where tiny charged particles move

How Obscured

to black out
10 3.9
to cloud
56 4.4
to blur
61 3.6

Surface Forms

cloud infinitive
clouded past
clouded past participle
clouding present participle
clouds third person singular

Etymology

Cloud as a verb comes from the noun: to 'cloud' something is to cover or make it less clear, just like real clouds can hide the sun and make things dim.