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Becloud

To cause to become obscure or muddled.

📖 Definitions of "Becloud"

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to become obscure or muddled.

  2. 2

    (usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.

  3. 3

    To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.

🔄 Synonyms of "Becloud"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
obscureverbDifficult to understand; abstruse.
mistnoun(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
fognoun(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
befogverbTo confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
cloudnounA visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
haze oververbTo become covered in haze.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Becloud"

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WordDefinition
haze oververbTo become covered in haze.
befogverbTo confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
mistverb(intransitive) To form mist.
fogverb(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
cloudverbA visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
obscureverb(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
confuddleverb(informal, transitive) To confuse thoroughly.
confoundverbTo perplex or puzzle.
overcloudverb(ambitransitive) To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
muddlenounA mixture; a confusion; a garble.
bemuddleverb(archaic) to confuse, distort
overcastCovered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
confusticateverb(transitive, informal, chiefly US) To confuse, confound, or perplex.
bogglenoun(dated) A bungle; a botched situation.
confuscateverbTo confuse, confound, or perplex.
confuseverb(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
muddle upverb(transitive) To mix together
muddyCovered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
convolutenoun(transitive) To make unnecessarily complex.
encloudverb(ambitransitive) To cloud up.

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