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cloudish

cloudish adjective: resembling a cloud or clouds; cloudly; cloudlike.

Adjective

cloudish (comparative more cloudish, superlative most cloudish)

  1. Resembling a cloud or clouds; cloudly; cloudlike.
    • The boys move in cloudish groups, like schools of fish on the reef.2010, Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna: A Novel
  2. Somewhat cloudy.
    • I just remember being on the trail and the sun seemed to be out—sort of cloudish, maybe somewhere around three or four in the afternoon.”2001, Ann Rule, Empty Promises

Forms of cloudish

comparativemore cloudish
superlativemost cloudish

Origin of cloudish

From cloud + -ish.

Questions about cloudish

What does cloudish mean?
Cloudish means resembling a cloud or clouds; cloudly; cloudlike.
What part of speech is cloudish?
Cloudish is an adjective.

Words near cloudish in the dictionary

  1. clouding up
  2. cloudings
  3. cloudings of consciousness
  4. cloudinid
  5. cloudinids
  6. cloudish
  7. cloudland
  8. cloudlands
  9. cloudless
  10. cloudless sulfur
  11. cloudless sulfurs

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