different between shadowy vs cloudy

English

Etymology

shadow +? -y

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æd.o?.i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??æd.??.i/
• Hyphenation: shad?owy

Adjective

shadowy (comparative shadowier, superlative shadowiest)

1. In shadow; darkened by shadows.

   He sat in a shadowy corner.

2. (of character) Dark, obscure.

   He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
3. (figuratively) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
4. (rare, dated) Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.

Translations

Anagrams

• show day

English

Etymology

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English cl?di? (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kla?di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?a?di/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?kla??d?/
• Rhymes: -a?di

Adjective

cloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
2. Not transparent or clear.
3. Uncertain; unclear.
4. (computing, informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.

   a cloudy infrastructure

5. (slang, archaic) shady; sketchy; suspicious

Derived terms

• cloudily
• cloudiness

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cloudi, clowdy, clowdie
• (Early ME) cludi?

Etymology

From Old English cl?di?; equivalent to cloud +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klu?di?/

Adjective

cloudy

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; clouded.
2. Not transparent or clear; murky, gloomy.
3. (rare) Inspiring dread; scary, frightening.
4. (rare) Featuring rocks; rocky, stony.

Related terms

• cloudy

Descendants

• English: cloudy
• Scots: cluddy, cloody

References

• “cl?ud?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.