Origin: before 900; Middle English cloudi, Old English clūdig rocky, hilly.
See cloud, -y1 Related formscloud·i·ly, adverb
cloud·i·ness, noun
un·cloud·y, adjective
Synonyms
1, 2. murky, lowering, shadowy, gloomy, depressing. 5. murky, turbid, muddy, opaque, shadowy. 6. dim, blurred, shadowy, unclear, befogged, muddled, confused. 7. gloomy, lowering. 8. shadowy.