overcast

SEE DEFINITION OF overcast

adj.cloudy, darkened

Synonyms for overcast

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Antonyms for overcast

bedim

verb. blur

blanket

verb. cover

blanketed

verb. cover

blanketing

verb. cover

cloud

noun. mass of water particles in air

Word Origin & History

c.1300, of weather, past participle adjective from verb overcast (early 13c.), "to overthrow," also "to cover, to overspread" as with a garment, usually of weather, from over- + cast (v.).

Example Sentences forovercast

Glancing skyward, Casanova saw that the heavens were overcast.

The sky was overcast and gray, with a distinct threat of rain.

The sky was overcast, and the heads of the mountains were capped with mist.

His handsome countenance, so marvellously like her own, was overcast.

All during the cloudy, overcast day he strained his eyes ahead.

Oilskins were donned, for the sky was overcast and the wind keen.

His face was like the autumn sky, overcast one moment and bright the next.

The sky was overcast and lowering, and gave promise of a dark night.

“You can overcast these sleeves, Peggy,” her mother said later in the afternoon.

At this challenge Madame's bulging brow was overcast with a red cloud.

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