Definition: a group of many things in the air or on the ground
Usage: a swarm of insects obscured the light; clouds of blossoms; it discharged a cloud of spores
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
Similar words: atmospheric phenomenon
Definition: a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
Similar words: physical phenomenon
Definition: a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: out of touch with reality
Usage: his head was in the clouds
Similar words: unreality, irreality
Definition: the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: suspicion affecting your reputation
Usage: after that mistake he was under a cloud
Similar words: suspicion
Definition: the state of being suspected
Usage: he tried to shield me from suspicion
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
Usage: the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French
Similar words: gloom, gloominess, glumness
Definition: an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
Usage: gloom pervaded the office
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: make milky or dull
Usage: The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added
Similar words: dull
Definition: make less lively or vigorous
Usage: Middle age dulled her appetite for travel
Synonyms: dapple, mottle, cloud
Definition: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
Similar words: spot
Definition: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
Usage: spot the areas that one should clearly identify
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: make less clear
Usage: the stroke clouded memories of her youth
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint, cloud
Definition: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Usage: sully someone's reputation
Similar words: deflower, impair, vitiate, mar, spoil
Definition: make imperfect
Usage: nothing marred her beauty
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: make gloomy or depressed
Usage: Their faces were clouded with sadness
Similar words: affect, strike, move, impress
Definition: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
Usage: This child impressed me as unusually mature; This behavior struck me as odd
Synonyms: cloud
Definition: billow up in the form of a cloud
Usage: The smoke clouded above the houses
Definition: rise up as if in waves
Usage: smoke billowed up into the sky
Synonyms: obnubilate, obscure, mist, befog, becloud, cloud, fog, haze over
Definition: make less visible or unclear
Usage: The stars are obscured by the clouds; the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
Definition: prevent from being seen or discovered
Usage: Muslim women hide their faces; hide the money
Definition: make overcast or cloudy
Usage: Fall weather often overcasts our beaches