The Clue
Obscured (7 letter answer)
The Answer
CLOUDED
Tags
Notes
The answer CLOUDED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Obscure
Became less clear
Like some crystal balls
Definition
CLOUD as a verb:
1. (overcast, cloud) = make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
2. (obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist) = make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"
3. billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above the houses"
4. make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
5. (defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud) = place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
6. (mottle, dapple, cloud) = colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
7. make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"
CLOUDED as an adjective:
1. made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance; "his face was clouded with unhappiness"
2. (cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless) = filled or abounding with clouds
3. mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow"
4. (blurred, clouded) = unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells