The sky has become overcast.
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Overcast
//ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst//
Synonyms for "overcast" (178 found)
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Closest matches (36)
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Verb(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (89)
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Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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15 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- συννεφής adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- ἐπινέφελος adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- bidondom adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Bulgarian
4 entries- заоблачен adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- меланхоличен adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
- мрачен adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
- заоблачавам се verb (to be or become cloudy)
Catalan
2 entries- cobert adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- cobert adj (meteorological term)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 低沉 adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- 低沉 adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
- 灰濛蒙 /灰蒙蒙 adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- 陰沉 /阴沉 adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Dutch
4 entries- betrokken adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- bewolkt adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- bewolkt adj (meteorological term)
- neerslachtig adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
Esperanto
1 entries- nuboplena adj (meteorological term)
Finnish
4 entries- pilvinen adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- pilvinen adj (meteorological term)
- synkkä adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- synkkä adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
French
3 entries- couvert adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- couvert adj (meteorological term)
- nuageux adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Galician
3 entries- cuberto adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- anubrar verb (to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken)
- nubrar verb (to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken)
German
3 entries- bedeckt adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- bewölkt adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- bewölkt adj (meteorological term)
Hungarian
4 entries- borult adj (meteorological term)
- borús adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
- felhős adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- beborul verb (to be or become cloudy)
Icelandic
1 entries- þungbúinn adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Indonesian
1 entries- mendung adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Irish
4 entries- duibheagánach adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- modartha adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- modartha adj (meteorological term)
- scamallach adj (meteorological term)
Italian
3 entries- coperto adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- coperto adj (meteorological term)
- nuvoloso adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Japanese
1 entries- どんよりした adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Khmer
1 entries- មេឃមីរ adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Latin
1 entries- nūbilus adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Louisiana Creole
3 entries- kouvær adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- kouvè adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- kouvèr adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Malay
1 entries- mendung adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Manchu
2 entries- ᡨᡠᠯᡥᡠᠨ adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- ᡨᡠᠯᡥᡠᡧᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to be or become cloudy)
Māori
4 entries- kēkēao adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- kōwhanga adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- pōkino adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- taupuru adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Navajo
1 entries- kʼostʼą́ʼí adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Norman
1 entries- couvaert adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- overskya adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- overskyet adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overskya adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Polish
2 entries- pochmurny adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- zachmurzony adj (meteorological term)
Portuguese
3 entries- encoberto adj (meteorological term)
- nublado adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- nublar verb (to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken)
Russian
4 entries- мра́чный adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
- о́блачный adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- па́смурный adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- угрю́мый adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
Spanish
4 entries- anubado adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- anubarrado adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- cubierto adj (meteorological term)
- nublado adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Sundanese
1 entries- haleungheum adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Swedish
4 entries- mulen adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- mulen adj (meteorological term)
- mulen adj (in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy)
- mulet adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Tamil
4 entries- மூடம் adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- மூட்டம் adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- மேகமூட்டம் adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- மேகமூட்டம் adj (meteorological term)
Turkish
1 entries- bulutlu adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Ukrainian
2 entries- похмурий adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- хма́рний adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Uzbek
1 entries- bulutli adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Vietnamese
3 entries- phủ mây adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- u ám adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
- âm u adj (covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened)
Welsh
1 entries- cymylog adj (meteorological term)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
All of a sudden the sky became overcast.
Source: tatoeba (19624)
It's been overcast for the past few days.
Source: tatoeba (61564)
Scarcely had we started out before the sky became overcast and down came the rain again.
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