| Main Entry: | cloudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazy; darkened |
Synonyms: |
blurred, confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsified, foggy, gloomy, heavy, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, somber, sullen, sunless, vaporous |
| Notes: | to the National Weather Service, partly cloudy (what we think of as partly sunny) is 3/8-5/8 cloud cover, mostly cloudy is 6/8-7/8 cloud cover, and cloudy is 8/8 |
Antonyms: |
clear, cloudless |
| Main Entry: | damp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wet, humid |
Synonyms: |
clammy, cloudy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drippy, drizzly, irriguous, misty, moist, muggy, oozy, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, steam bath, steamy, sticky, vaporous, waterlogged, wettish |
Antonyms: |
arid, dessicated, dried, dry, parched |
| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lack of light |
Synonyms: |
Cimmerian, aphotic, atramentous, black, blackish, caliginous, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, darkened, dim, dingy, drab, dull, dun, dusk, dusky, faint, foggy, gloomy, grimy, ill-lighted, indistinct, inky, lightless, lurid, misty, murky, nebulous, obfuscous, obscure, opaque, overcast, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, shaded, shadowy, shady, somber, sooty, stygian, sunless, tenebrous, unlighted, unlit, vague |
Antonyms: |
bright, brilliant, illuminated, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, visible, vivid |
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | darkish |
Synonyms: |
blah, bleary, blurred, caliginous, cloudy, dark, dingy, dreary, dull, dusk, dusky, faded, faint, flat, fuzzy, gloomy, gray, ill-defined, indistinct, lackluster, lightless, mat, monotone, monotonous, murky, muted, obscured, opaque, overcast, pale, poorly lit, shadowy, sullied, tarnished, tenebrous, unclear, unilluminated, vague, weak |
Antonyms: |
bright, brilliant, clear, distinct, light |
| Main Entry: | dismal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bleak, dreary, gloomy |
Synonyms: |
afflictive, black, boring, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, dim, dingy, disagreeable, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting, doleful, dolorous, dull, forlorn, frowning, funereal, ghastly, gruesome, hopeless, horrible, horrid, in the pits, inauspicious, joyless, lonesome, lowering, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, monotonous, morbid, murky, oppressive, overcast, sad, shadowy, somber, sorrowful, tedious, tenebrous, troublesome, unfortunate, unhappy |
Antonyms: |
bright, cheerful, glad, happy, hopeful, light, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drab, lackluster in effect on senses |
Synonyms: |
ashen, black, blind, cloudy, cold, colorless, dark, dead, dim, dingy, dismal, dun, dusky, faded, feeble, flat, grimy, hazy, indistinct, leaden, lifeless, low, matte, mousy, muddy, muffled, murky, muted, obscure, opaque, overcast, plain, shadowy, sober, soft, softened, somber, sooty, subdued, subfusc, toned-down, unlit |
Antonyms: |
bright, clear, light, luminous, lustrous |
| Main Entry: | dusky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark-hued; murky |
Synonyms: |
adusk, bistered, bleak, brunette, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, crepuscular, dark, dark-complexioned, darkish, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, funereal, gloomy, joyless, lightless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady, swart, swarthy, tenebrous, twilight, twilit, unilluminated, veiled |
Antonyms: |
bright, clear, light |
| Main Entry: | filmy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | covered with mist; blurry |
Synonyms: |
bleary, blurred, cloudy, dim, hazy, membranous, milky, misty, opalescent, opaque, pearly |
Antonyms: |
clean, clear, see-through, translucent, transparent |
| Main Entry: | foggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazy, obscure |
Synonyms: |
blurred, ceiling zero, closed in, clouded, cloudy, dark, dim, filmy, fogged in, fuzzy, gray, indistinct, misty, murky, mushy, nebulous, pea-soupy, smazy, smoggy, socked in, soupy, unclear, vague, vaporous, vapory, zero-zero |
Antonyms: |
clear |
| Main Entry: | gloomy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, black |
Synonyms: |
bleak, caliginous, cheerless, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, desolate, dim, dismal, dreary, dull, dusky, forlorn, funereal, lightless, murky, obscure, overcast, overclouded, sepulchral, shadowy, somber, tenebrous, unilluminated, unlit, wintry |
Antonyms: |
bright, light, sunny |