Cloudiness

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy. countable, uncountable

    "Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers."

  2. 2
    the quality of being cloudy wordnet
  3. 3
    Of a liquid: the property of being murky. countable, uncountable

    "Cloudiness in the water is most often caused in new aquariums by white bacteria."

  4. 4
    gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover wordnet
  5. 5
    Of information, a writing style, etc.: the property of being obscure. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Avoid cloudiness in your essay-writing."

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  1. 6
    the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds wordnet

Etymology

From cloudy + -ness.

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