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overclouded

overclouded is the simple past and past participle of overcloud.

Meaning of overcloud

Verb

overcloud (third-person singular simple present overclouds, present participle overclouding, simple past and past participle overclouded)

  1. (ambitransitive) To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To cast sorrow or gloom over.

Adjective

overclouded (comparative more overclouded, superlative most overclouded)

  1. Of the sky, covered with cloud; overcast.
    • Being so far out of our reckoning was a very serious matter, but it was easily accounted for, from the fact that the sun had been obscured for two days, consequently no sights could be taken, and at night all the attempts to get lunar observations were frustrated by the overclouded state of the sky.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 18

Forms of overclouded

comparativemore overclouded
superlativemost overclouded

Questions about overclouded

What does overclouded mean?
Overclouded means of the sky, covered with cloud; overcast.
What is overclouded the simple past and past participle of?
Overclouded is the simple past and past participle of overcloud.
What part of speech is overclouded?
Overclouded is an adjective.

Words near overclouded in the dictionary

  1. overclothed
  2. overclothes
  3. overclothing
  4. overcloths
  5. overcloud
  6. overclouded
  7. overclouding
  8. overclouds
  9. overcloy
  10. overcloyed
  11. overcloying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overclouded (page history and authors); overcloud (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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