Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Cloudiness |
CloudinessNoun1. The quality of being cloudy. 2. The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds. 3. Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cloudiness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Synonyms: CloudinessSynonyms: cloud cover (n), muddiness (n), murkiness (n), overcast (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cloudiness |
| English words defined with "cloudiness": Caligation, clear, Cloudage ♦ haziness ♦ Isonephelic ♦ milk, milklike, milky, mistiness ♦ nebula, Nebulosity, Nephelometer ♦ whitish. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cloudiness": cloudy liquid ♦ euphotic zone ♦ FILTER TENDER ♦ low or low-pressure system ♦ nephelometric turbidity unit, nephometer ♦ THERMOMETER PRODUCTION WORKER, turbid liquid ♦ Upslope Flow. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cloudiness": Cloudage. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Greenland Ice Cap with remarkable low level convective cloudiness. TIROS VII, pass 4365/4364, camera 1, frame 13. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," April 1966. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They will also gradually converge, giving the cornea a cloudiness that may also reduce vision. (references) | |
Some of the female carriers exhibit signs of the condition, especially cloudiness of the cornea. (references) | ||
Although some of these adverse side effects largely subside after 4 to 6 weeks of treatment, subjective cloudiness may remain. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cloudiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cloudiness" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cloudiness pool | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cloudiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vranësirë (overcast), veshje (apparel, array, article of clothing, ascription, attire, attribution, clothes, clothing, dress, dressing, fig, furnishings, garb, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliments, habit, incrustation, outfit, overlay, papering, raggery, raiment, sheath, strip, suit, tog, toggery, togs, vesture, wear), turbullirë (blur, commotion, fog, tumult, turbidity, turbulence). (various references) | |
Arabic | كدر (annoy, annoyance, distress, disturb, embitter, make turbid, muddiness, muddle, muddy, offend, roil, ruffle, spoil, trouble, turbid, turbidity, unsettle), ضبابية (blurring, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, obscurity, vagueness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 多云 (Cloudy). (various references) | |
Danish | urolig farvning, uklar (cloudy, dull, foul, turbid), tåget vejr (nebulosity), skyggeagtig farvning, skydaekke, overskyet (overcast), moiré (moiré, Tabby, watered, watermarked, waved), grumset farvning, diset vejr (nebulosity). (various references) | |
Dutch | wolkerigheid, troebelheid (opacity, turbidity), bewolktheid (nebulosity), bewolkingsgraad (nebulosity), bewolking (nebulosity). (various references) | |
Finnish | sameus (muddiness, turbidity). (various references) | |
French | turbidité, trouble (cloudy), temps couvert, opacité, nuageage, nébulosité (cloud phenomena), louche, ennuagement. (various references) | |
German | trübheit (cheerlessness, dimness, dullness, fog, muddiness, turbidity), trübung (clouding, dampening, dulling, marring, mist, nebula, opacity of lens, overcasting, ruffling, spoiling, straining). (various references) | |
Greek | συννέφιασμα, συννεφιά (cloudy conditions, cloudy sky), νέφωση (nebulosity, nebulousness), νεφοσκεπής, τοπιάρικο, θόλωμα (dimming), θολότητα (bleariness, turbidity, turbidness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kekeruhan (muddiness, turbidity, unrest). (various references) | |
Italian | nuvolosit (nebulosity). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 曇り (cloudy weather, shadow), 曇 (cloudy weather, shadow). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くもり (cloudy weather, shadow). (various references) | |
Manx | neuheelaght, mooirjeenys (cloud cover, gloominess, low cloud, lowering, murkiness), bodjallys. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oudinessclay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nebulosidade (haziness, nebulosity). (various references) | |
Russian | облачность (nebulosity, overcast). (various references) | |
Scottish | mùig , mùg, mùig (frown, gloom, surliness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oblačnost. (various references) | |
Spanish | nubosidad (cloud phenomena, nebulosity). (various references) | |
Swedish | turbiditet, molnighet, grumling (haze, turbidity). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хмарність (nebulosity), затьмарення (obscuration). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tình trạng u ám tình trạng đục vẩn sự tối nghĩa, tình trạng có mây phủ, tình trạng đầy mây, sự không sáng tỏ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | turbido. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cloudiness": cloudinesses. (additional references) | |
| |
"Cloudiness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: claudianus, cloddiness, cloudinids. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cloudiness" (pronounced klou"dēnus) |
| 6 | -ou" d ē n u s | rowdiness. |
| 5 | -d ē n u s | readiness, steadiness, sturdiness, tardiness, unwieldiness. |
| 4 | -ē n u s | airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cleanliness, clumsiness, cockiness, contrariness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, deadliness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, edginess, emptiness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, hairiness, happiness, holiness, laziness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, nastiness, nosiness, orderliness, pettiness, queasiness, raciness, riskiness, roominess, scantiness, shakiness, silliness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, solitariness, stinginess, tastiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, uneasiness, unhappiness, wariness, weariness, wimpiness, worldliness, worthiness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-l-n-o-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: delusions, lucidness, nucleoids, seclusion. | |
-2 letters: clonuses, coldness, coulises, coulisse, counsels, delusion, disclose, elusions, inclosed, incloses, includes, insouled, loudness, nucleoid, nuclides, unclosed, uncloses, uncoiled, undocile, unsliced, unsoiled. | |
-3 letters: cession, cineols, codeins, codlins, consuls, cosines, counsel, cousins, dulness, elusion, ensouls, escudos, inclose, include, incudes, incused, incuses, indoles, induces, insoles, insouls, lesions, leucins, lioness, loudens, niduses. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-l-n-o-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: nucleosides, undisclosed. | |
+2 letters: cloudinesses. | |
+3 letters: deliciousness, ludicrousness, nondisclosure, nucleocapsids, nucleotidases. | |
+4 letters: documentalists, glucuronidases, nondisclosures, ridiculousness. | |
+5 letters: deliciousnesses, educationalists, ludicrousnesses, ribonucleosides. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
