Noun: cloudiness klaw-dee-nus
- The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
"The thick cloudiness obscured the stars";
- cloud cover, overcast
- Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
"The cloudiness made the day feel dreary";
- overcast
- The quality of being cloudy
"The cloudiness of the water made it difficult to see the bottom of the pool";
- murkiness, muddiness
Type of: bad weather, inclemency, inclementness, opacity, opaqueness, semidarkness
Encyclopedia: Cloudiness