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Overcast

To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

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Cloudy 84% connected

Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cloudy 84% connected

Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

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Broader term 8

Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Casting 76% connected

of Cast

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Darken 76% connected

To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.

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Inclemency 76% connected

The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.

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Sew 76% connected

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

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Stitch 76% connected

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

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Whipping 76% connected

of Whip

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Whipstitch 76% connected

A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

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Manner of action 1

Haze 76% connected

Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Cloud 74% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cloud 74% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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See also 2

Overcloud 66% connected

To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

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Overcloud 66% connected

To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

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Synonym 4

Cloud 92% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clouded 92% connected

of Cloud

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cloudiness 92% connected

The state of being cloudy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sunless 92% connected

Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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