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 Cloud·y a. [Compar. Cloudier superl. Cloudiest.]
 1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.
 2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
    As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended.   --Ex. xxxiii. 9
 3. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful. “A cloudy countenance.”
 4. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
    Cloudy and confused notions of things.   --Watts.
 5. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. “A cloudy diamond.”
 6. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.
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 cloudier
      See cloudy

 cloudy
      adj 1: lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues
             toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous
             distinction between pride and conceit" [syn: nebulose,
              nebulous]
      2: (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy
         liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: muddy, mirky,
          murky, turbid]
      3: full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies" [ant: clear]
      [also: cloudiest, cloudier]