to cloud
- verb
- /klaʊd/
- 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?
- Why did I ever let that thing just cloud my whole mindset?
- So let me say this beliefs, opinions, methods cloud the truth Ego.
- Some of those interactions cloud it, crack it, distort it.
- And I think that sex sometimes can cloud things.
- Inside the lavish chamber, a hint of sadness clouds her expression.
- Your, your fight, flight mechanisms all kick into gear which clouds your thinking.
- Raised voices can make a mountain out of a molehill and cloud the issue.
- He's just written that bananas cloud smoke right in my face.
Examples
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Now, you mustn't permit the sorry history of conflict... between the Aboriginal and European cultures to cloud your judgment.
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I don't want his anger clouding the issue.
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The problem I had is that you let your feelings cloud the facts.
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Why did I ever let that thing just cloud my whole mindset?
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You will feel things that will cloud your judgment.
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You'll just make clear decisions without having emotions cloud your thought processes.
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But we can't let emotion cloud our judgment, okay?
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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.
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She realized that her emotions could cloud her judgment, making it harder to see the truth.
Synonyms
Make something hard to see or understand
To cover something completely, often with a cloth
To block strong light by making a shadow or using a cover
To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it
To make something darker by blocking light
To make a place or object dark by blocking light
To make something hard to see or understand
To become covered with fine drops that make something less clear
To become cloudy and hard to see through
To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it
To become cloudy in the sky
To make something less clear and hard to see, often by smoke, fog or strong feelings
The sky becomes covered with clouds and looks less bright
Make something unclear or hard to understand
To make something hard to see or understand
Become covered with a thin layer of water that makes glass or mirrors hard to see through
To make something, like light and memory, less bright or clear
Look less clear as if covered by a thin mist
To make a place darker by blocking the light
To cover the sky with clouds and make it look dark
Sky becomes covered with clouds and looks gray
Antonyms
Idioms
Make someone unable to think clearly because of strong feelings or outside pressure
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A large white fluffy cloud with a rounded top and flat base often seen in fair weather
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A thin, high cloud made of tiny bits of ice that looks like white streaks in the sky
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One of two small irregular galaxies near the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere
- Informal
An imaginary place where people are out of touch with reality because they are too optimistic
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A very tall dark cloud that brings heavy rain, thunder, and lightning
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A distant shell around the solar system filled with small icy objects that send comets toward the Sun
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A device that shows the paths of tiny invisible particles as thin white streaks in a mist
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A nearby irregular galaxy visible from the southern sky that orbits the Milky Way
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A small, thin white cloud high in the sky that looks like tiny ripples
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A thin, high cloud layer that often covers the sky and sometimes makes a halo around the sun or moon
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A gray or blue cloud layer in the middle sky that often covers most of it and brings light rain
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
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A small irregular galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see from the Southern Hemisphere
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A low, flat gray cloud layer that often covers the sky and brings light drizzle
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A device that makes vapor tracks to show where tiny charged particles move
How Obscured
Surface Forms
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.