overcloud

• Verbe littéraire ou vieilli signifiant couvrir de nuages ou assombrir, cacher, rendre sombre ou morne.

An archaic or literary verb meaning to cover with clouds or to darken, obscure, or make gloomy.

1. Become covered with cloudsC1formal

   To become overcast or covered by clouds, often leading to a darkening of the sky.

   se couvrir de nuages

   • The sky began to overcloud as the storm approached.
   • By midday, the horizon started to overcloud, threatening rain.
   • The morning sun was soon hidden as the heavens overclouded.

   Synonymescloudcloud overcloud up

   Antonymesbrightenclear

2. Make obscure or unclearC2formal

   To make something difficult to understand or perceive; to obscure or confuse.

   Rendre obscur ou confus

   • His complicated explanation only served to overcloud the simple truth.
   • Emotional bias can overcloud rational judgment.
   • The author's dense prose tends to overcloud the main argument.

   Synonymesbecloudbefogblurcloudconfusedarkendimmuddleobscureveil

   Antonymesclarifyelucidateexplainilluminate