to overcloud
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈklaʊd/
:
obscurecer
- Unnecessary technical jargon can overcloud a simple explanation.
Examples
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His emotions can overcloud his judgment when making important decisions.
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Personal bias may overcloud his ability to judge the facts objectively.
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As the years passed, memory began to overcloud the details of the event.
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Don't overcloud the main issue!
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The report was overclouded by unnecessary details.
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The complicated instructions seemed to overcloud the simple task at hand.
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Ambiguous statements can overcloud the true intent of the speaker.
Synonyms
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7.0
Make something hard to see or understand
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To make something less clear or bright by covering it
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To make something less clear and hard to see, often by smoke, fog or strong feelings
To make something, like light and memory, less bright or clear
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember overcloud meaning 'to make unclear' is to think of clouds covering a view; here cloud means to hide or blur and over- makes it stronger, so to overcloud an idea is to hide its clear parts.