cloudy has definitions from the field of meteorology
1
[ adjective ] lacking definite form or limits

Synonyms

nebulous nebulose

Examples

"gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"

Used in print

(A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)

The remote , cloudy , possible has values of its own - values of scope , stimulus , potential , and imagination .

Related terms

indistinct

2
[ adjective ] (meteorology) full of or covered with clouds

Examples

"cloudy skies"

3
[ adjective ] (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment

Synonyms

murky mirky turbid muddy

Examples

"a cloudy liquid" "muddy coffee" "murky waters"

Related terms

opaque

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