overcast

overcast
adj
1. cloudy, overclouded, clouded over, overshadowed, shadowy, gray; dreary, dismal, gloomy, somber, lowering, heavy, leaden, oppressive, promising rain; darkened, dark, sunless, starless, moonless; hazy, nubilous, foggy, fogged, misty, misted, Archaic. caliginous, vaporous, murky, murk.
v
2. cloud, overcloud, overshadow, overspread, adumbrate, becloud, befog; lower, darken, smoke, dim, bedim, dusk, blind, blacken; grow cloudy, gloom, darkle, promise rain; nebulize, fog, pale, mist, haze, shade, shadow; eclipse, hide, conceal, occult; dull, blur, blear; shroud, cover, cloak, veil, screen, curtain.

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