Definition of CLOUDY

cloudy

Adjective Satellite

  • lacking definite form or limits; - H.T.Moore
    • "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"
  • (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
    • "a cloudy liquid"

Adjective

  • Covered with clouds; unclear, indistinct, or murky.
  • full of or covered with clouds
    • "cloudy skies"

Adj

  • Covered with or characterised by clouds.
  • Not transparent or clear.
  • Not transparent or clear.
  • Containing pith
  • Uncertain; unclear.
  • Using or relating to cloud computing.
  • shady; sketchy; suspicious
  • Having cloudlike markings.

Examples

  • a cloudy infrastructure
  • cloudy marble
  • His CLOUDY understanding of two-letter words cost him several crucial turns in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.

Scrabble Score: 12

cloudy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cloudy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cloudy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

cloudy: valid Words With Friends Word